Nigoshide/濁手 aka/赤/red dami/濃/thick/deep/dark kaki/柿/persimmion mon/文/design guinomi/ぐい呑

Sakaida Kakiemon XIII assumed the family title on the death of his father, Sakaida Kakiemon XII, in 1963. In 1924, the XIII Kakiemon master graduated from the ceramics department of the Arita Industrial School. From this point he began working with his father, and in 1953 the father and son succeeded in recreating the classical Kakiemon technique for producing a nigoshide milky-white porcelain body. After the death of his father, Kakiemon XIII began exhibiting at the Nihon Dento Kogeiten (Japan Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition). In 1971 he established and became president of the Association for the Protection of Kakiemon Ceramics, and when the technique for producing the nigoshide body was declared an Important National Cultural Treasure, Kakiemon XIII was named its protector. The following year he was awarded the Imperial Commendation of the Purple Cordon. In contrast to his father, whose conservative sensibility was drawn to conservative designs, Kakiemon XIII sketched preparatory drawings from direct observation and produced a new Kakiemon ware infused with a fresh, modern quality.

Works made by the head of the family are not marked, but are painted on a pure milky-white background and the box is marked Nigoshide/濁手. If the piece is not milky-white and the box is marked Nishikide/錦手 then it is a kiln piece made by apprentices.

See: https://en.nanatsuboshi-gallery.jp/user_data/artists_detail.php?artist_id=111 for a history of Kakiemon pottery.
　
近代柿右衛門の再興と更なる発展に絶大な功績を残し、歴代柿右衛門の古典様式を追求する中で江戸中期に途絶えた究極の至芸と呼ばれる超絶技法「濁手」の再興を成し遂げた近代有田陶芸界の偉大なる陶工【十三代酒井田柿右衛門】の作品になります。　　
本作は妖艶な赤濃のぐい呑みです。柿右衛門独特の『柿』が見事に表現されております。13代の作風らしい力強さと柔和さを合わせもつ素晴らしい逸品です。