{"product_id":"12th-tahara-tobei-hagi-kannyu-chawan-tall-cylindrical-tea-bowl-with-signed-box","title":"12th Tahara Tobei Hagi Kannyu Chawan - Tall Cylindrical Tea Bowl with Signed Box","description":"Experience authentic Japanese tea ceremony ceramics with this 12th Tahara Tobei Hagi Kannyu Chawan. This Tall Cylindrical Tea Bowl serves as a Hagi Ware Masterwork and Intangible Cultural Property Art, featuring Blue-White Glaze with Pink Undertones and Full-Surface Crazing—a must-have for any Tea Collector seeking Yamaguchi Pottery and Museum-Quality Chawan.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ BASIC DETAILS ]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e• Artist: 12th Tahara Tōbei (十二代 田原陶兵衛)\u003cbr\u003e• Technique: Hagi white glaze with full-surface kannyu (crazing)\u003cbr\u003e• Era: Contemporary (Heisei–Reiwa period)\u003cbr\u003e• Origin: Nagato, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan – Tahara kiln lineage\u003cbr\u003e• Dimensions: Diameter approx. 13.5 cm × Height approx. 9 cm (5.3\" × 3.5\")\u003cbr\u003e• Box: Tomobako with cloth wrapper (共箱共布)\u003cbr\u003e• Condition: Unused – no cracks, chips, or repairs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ CULTURAL \u0026amp; ARTISTIC INSIGHT ]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Tahara family has produced Hagi ware in Nagato, Yamaguchi Prefecture for over four centuries, maintaining one of the most distinguished kiln lineages in Japanese ceramics. The 12th generation master, Tahara Tōbei, was designated a Yamaguchi Prefecture Intangible Cultural Property holder—a recognition granted only to those whose craft carries irreplaceable cultural weight.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis chawan demonstrates why. The tall cylindrical form rises with authority, departing from conventional Hagi bowl proportions to create a vessel of commanding vertical presence. The soft blue-white glaze carries warm pink undertones that shift with light—neither cold white nor warm cream but something between, something that resists easy description. Fine crazing (kannyu) covers the entire surface, each line a record of thermal tension resolved in the kiln.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*\"Twelve generations of clay memory. The hand that shapes this bowl carries three hundred years of knowing.\"*\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ DEEP-DIVE COMMENTARY ]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**The Tahara Lineage**: The Tahara kiln traces its origins to the Korean potters brought to Yamaguchi after the campaigns of the 1590s. Through twelve generations, the family refined Hagi glazing techniques to a point where control and spontaneity become indistinguishable. The 12th Tōbei’s work represents the accumulated knowledge of this lineage—technical mastery expressed through apparent simplicity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**Tall Cylindrical Form**: This tsutsu-gata (cylindrical) form is less common in Hagi production, where rounded profiles dominate. The vertical proportion creates a different relationship with the hands during tea preparation—the palms engage the sides more fully, and the height allows matcha to be whisked with greater amplitude.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**Glaze Character**: The blue-white glaze with pink undertones is characteristic of Tōbei’s firing. The coloration emerges from the interaction between Hagi’s feldspar glaze and the iron-bearing Daido clay during wood-firing. Where the glaze thins near the rim, warmth from the clay body rises to the surface.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**Crazing as Promise**: The kannyu covering this bowl is remarkably fine and uniform—evidence of controlled cooling after firing. In unused condition, the crazing network stands ready. Once tea enters these pathways, the bowl will begin its transformation through the famed “seven changes” of Hagi ware.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**Authentication**: The tomobako bears the artist’s signature and the cloth wrapper confirms complete original presentation. This level of documentation from a Prefecture-designated craftsman establishes clear provenance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ 日本語解説 ]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e【基本情報】\u003cbr\u003e• 作家：十二代 田原陶兵衛\u003cbr\u003e• 技法：萩白釉・貫入\u003cbr\u003e• 時代：現代（平成〜令和）\u003cbr\u003e• 産地：山口県長門市・田原窯\u003cbr\u003e• 寸法：口径約13.5cm × 高さ約9cm\u003cbr\u003e• 付属：共箱・共布\u003cbr\u003e• 状態：未使用品\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e【解説】\u003cbr\u003e十二代田原陶兵衛は山口県指定無形文化財保持者として、萩焼の伝統を継承する最も重要な作家の一人です。本作は青白い釉薬にほのかなピンクの暖色を帯びた筒形茶碗。堂々とした縦長の姿が印象的で、全面に走る細やかな貫入が見所です。田原家は長門の地で四百年以上にわたり萩焼を焼き続けてきた名門。共箱・共布付きの完全な仕立てです。\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ SHIPPING \u0026amp; PACKAGING ]\u003cbr\u003e• Dispatch: Within 1-6 business days\u003cbr\u003e• Carrier: Japan Post EMS \/ UPS (with tracking)\u003cbr\u003e• Packaging: Carefully wrapped with protective materials\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*Twelve generations shaped this silence. The bowl waits—its transformation belongs to whoever holds it next.*","brand":"The Modern Zen Archive","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":61596656861554,"sku":"260121_a_1597","price":3432.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/5680\/3698\/files\/m18884695687_1.jpg?v=1771210329","url":"https:\/\/checkout.themodernzenarchive.com\/products\/12th-tahara-tobei-hagi-kannyu-chawan-tall-cylindrical-tea-bowl-with-signed-box","provider":"The Modern Zen Archive","version":"1.0","type":"link"}