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The title is Yuteki Tenmoku Guinomi (油滴天目釉ぐい吞).

This is a sake cup created by Takemura Shigeo.

・Japanese Guinomi (sake cup)
A type of cups mainly used for drinking Japanese sake.
Generally it's a larger sized sake cup than Japanese sakazuki, Japanese ochoko and others.
It's said that guinomi can hold twice as much Japanese sake as an ochoko.

Being characterized by a deep base and a wide mouth,
that's why there are many ways of use including sauce, beans, olives and
appetizer bowls, houseplant vase and others.

Actually, pouring sake from a bottle called "tokkuri" and
having the flask with one's hands, and then sipping sake from a "guinomi".

Perfect for enjoying the aroma of alcohol and temperature changes.

He uses the glaze called "gantesu doseki", it's soil with rich iron.
The spotted black color comes out in the kiln, which has led to making a color change.