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Amidado-gama Tea Kettle by Takahashi Keiten - Living National Treasure, Silver Knob
Amidado-gama Tea Kettle by Takahashi Keiten - Living National Treasure, Silver Knob
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Experience Authentic Japan Art with this Amidado-gama Tea Kettle. This Japanese Chagama serves as a Takahashi Keiten Masterwork and Living National Treasure Creation, featuring Rikyu-Gonomi Design aesthetics and Sterling Silver Knob tradition—a must-have for any Art Collector seeking Cast Iron Tea Art and Museum Grade Chanoyu.
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🔹 [ BASIC DETAILS ]
• Artist: Takahashi Keiten (高橋敬典) — Living National Treasure (人間国宝)
• Technique: Yamagata cast iron (山形鋳物), nanryo-tsumami (南鐐撮/sterling silver knob)
• Form: Amidado-gama (阿弥陀堂釜) — Rikyu-gonomi (利休好)
• Era: Showa–Heisei period
• Origin: Yamagata Prefecture, Japan
• Dimensions: Diameter approx. 24 cm, Height to knob approx. 24 cm
• Box: Tomobako inscribed "利休好 阿弥陀堂" with "釜師 敬典" signature and seal
• Condition: Good — no notable damage
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🔹 [ CULTURAL & ARTISTIC INSIGHT ]
The Amidado-gama takes its name from the Amida Hall of Byodo-in Temple—its form echoing the balanced proportions and quiet gravitas of that sacred architecture. Takahashi Keiten, designated a Living National Treasure for his mastery of Yamagata cast iron, has rendered this kettle in the Rikyu-gonomi tradition: a form favored by Sen no Rikyu himself, where every curve exists in service of restraint.
The sterling silver ball-shaped knob (nanryo-tsumami) catches light against the dark iron body—a single point of brilliance against meditative weight. Iron ring handles (kan) on the sides complete the composition with functional elegance. The textured surface speaks of sand-mold casting refined across generations in Yamagata's foundry tradition.
*"What the hand lifts, the spirit follows—the weight of iron teaches presence before the first water boils."*
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🔹 [ DEEP-DIVE COMMENTARY ]
**Takahashi Keiten (1920–2009)**: Designated a Living National Treasure (Holder of Important Intangible Cultural Property) in 1996 for his mastery of Yamagata cast metal work. Keiten dedicated his life to elevating the tea kettle from functional object to cultural monument. His works reside in the collections of major Japanese museums, and each bears the density of intention that only decades of singular focus can produce.
**The Amidado Form**: Among the classical kettle shapes codified in chanoyu tradition, the Amidado-gama holds particular cultural weight. Its origin in temple architecture connects the tea room to sacred space—a reminder that the act of boiling water for tea was, in Rikyu's vision, itself a form of devotion.
**Rikyu-gonomi (Rikyu's Preference)**: This designation indicates a form that aligns with Sen no Rikyu's aesthetic philosophy—understated, purposeful, free of excess. A Rikyu-gonomi kettle is not decorated to impress; it is shaped to disappear into the ritual, becoming transparent to the experience of tea.
**Nanryo (Sterling Silver) Detailing**: The use of sterling silver for the knob follows a deliberate hierarchy of materials. Silver against iron creates a dialogue between the refined and the elemental—the bright and the dark, the light touch and the grounding mass. This is not ornamentation. It is composition.
**Yamagata Casting Heritage**: Yamagata's iron-casting tradition extends over 900 years, originating when artisans were invited to the region to produce temple bells and Buddhist implements. The sand-mold technique produces surfaces of extraordinary subtlety, where the texture itself becomes a form of expression.
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🔹 [ 日本語解説 ]
【基本情報】
• 作家：高橋敬典（人間国宝）
• 技法：山形鋳物、南鐐撮（純銀つまみ）
• 形状：阿弥陀堂釜（利休好）
• 時代：昭和〜平成
• 産地：山形県
• 寸法：径約24cm、つまみまでの高さ約24cm
• 付属：共箱（「利休好 阿弥陀堂」銘、「釜師 敬典」署名・落款）
• 状態：良好（目立つ傷なし）
【解説】
人間国宝・高橋敬典による阿弥陀堂釜。平等院鳳凰堂の阿弥陀堂に由来するこの釜形は、千利休が好んだとされる端正な姿を持ちます。重厚な鉄の釜肌に純銀の丸摘みが一点の光を添え、抑制の中にこそ美が宿るという茶の湯の精神を体現しています。
高橋敬典（1920–2009）は、1996年に山形鋳物の技術保持者として重要無形文化財に認定されました。九百年の歴史を持つ山形鋳物の伝統を継承しつつ、茶釜を単なる道具から文化的記念碑へと昇華させた作家です。本作は、その技術と精神性が凝縮された一口であり、利休好という名にふさわしい静謐な存在感を湛えています。
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🔹 [ SHIPPING & PACKAGING ]
• Dispatch: Within 1-6 business days
• Carrier: Japan Post EMS / UPS (with tracking)
• Packaging: Carefully wrapped with protective materials
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🔹 [ BASIC DETAILS ]
• Artist: Takahashi Keiten (高橋敬典) — Living National Treasure (人間国宝)
• Technique: Yamagata cast iron (山形鋳物), nanryo-tsumami (南鐐撮/sterling silver knob)
• Form: Amidado-gama (阿弥陀堂釜) — Rikyu-gonomi (利休好)
• Era: Showa–Heisei period
• Origin: Yamagata Prefecture, Japan
• Dimensions: Diameter approx. 24 cm, Height to knob approx. 24 cm
• Box: Tomobako inscribed "利休好 阿弥陀堂" with "釜師 敬典" signature and seal
• Condition: Good — no notable damage
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
🔹 [ CULTURAL & ARTISTIC INSIGHT ]
The Amidado-gama takes its name from the Amida Hall of Byodo-in Temple—its form echoing the balanced proportions and quiet gravitas of that sacred architecture. Takahashi Keiten, designated a Living National Treasure for his mastery of Yamagata cast iron, has rendered this kettle in the Rikyu-gonomi tradition: a form favored by Sen no Rikyu himself, where every curve exists in service of restraint.
The sterling silver ball-shaped knob (nanryo-tsumami) catches light against the dark iron body—a single point of brilliance against meditative weight. Iron ring handles (kan) on the sides complete the composition with functional elegance. The textured surface speaks of sand-mold casting refined across generations in Yamagata's foundry tradition.
*"What the hand lifts, the spirit follows—the weight of iron teaches presence before the first water boils."*
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
🔹 [ DEEP-DIVE COMMENTARY ]
**Takahashi Keiten (1920–2009)**: Designated a Living National Treasure (Holder of Important Intangible Cultural Property) in 1996 for his mastery of Yamagata cast metal work. Keiten dedicated his life to elevating the tea kettle from functional object to cultural monument. His works reside in the collections of major Japanese museums, and each bears the density of intention that only decades of singular focus can produce.
**The Amidado Form**: Among the classical kettle shapes codified in chanoyu tradition, the Amidado-gama holds particular cultural weight. Its origin in temple architecture connects the tea room to sacred space—a reminder that the act of boiling water for tea was, in Rikyu's vision, itself a form of devotion.
**Rikyu-gonomi (Rikyu's Preference)**: This designation indicates a form that aligns with Sen no Rikyu's aesthetic philosophy—understated, purposeful, free of excess. A Rikyu-gonomi kettle is not decorated to impress; it is shaped to disappear into the ritual, becoming transparent to the experience of tea.
**Nanryo (Sterling Silver) Detailing**: The use of sterling silver for the knob follows a deliberate hierarchy of materials. Silver against iron creates a dialogue between the refined and the elemental—the bright and the dark, the light touch and the grounding mass. This is not ornamentation. It is composition.
**Yamagata Casting Heritage**: Yamagata's iron-casting tradition extends over 900 years, originating when artisans were invited to the region to produce temple bells and Buddhist implements. The sand-mold technique produces surfaces of extraordinary subtlety, where the texture itself becomes a form of expression.
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
🔹 [ 日本語解説 ]
【基本情報】
• 作家：高橋敬典（人間国宝）
• 技法：山形鋳物、南鐐撮（純銀つまみ）
• 形状：阿弥陀堂釜（利休好）
• 時代：昭和〜平成
• 産地：山形県
• 寸法：径約24cm、つまみまでの高さ約24cm
• 付属：共箱（「利休好 阿弥陀堂」銘、「釜師 敬典」署名・落款）
• 状態：良好（目立つ傷なし）
【解説】
人間国宝・高橋敬典による阿弥陀堂釜。平等院鳳凰堂の阿弥陀堂に由来するこの釜形は、千利休が好んだとされる端正な姿を持ちます。重厚な鉄の釜肌に純銀の丸摘みが一点の光を添え、抑制の中にこそ美が宿るという茶の湯の精神を体現しています。
高橋敬典（1920–2009）は、1996年に山形鋳物の技術保持者として重要無形文化財に認定されました。九百年の歴史を持つ山形鋳物の伝統を継承しつつ、茶釜を単なる道具から文化的記念碑へと昇華させた作家です。本作は、その技術と精神性が凝縮された一口であり、利休好という名にふさわしい静謐な存在感を湛えています。
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🔹 [ SHIPPING & PACKAGING ]
• Dispatch: Within 1-6 business days
• Carrier: Japan Post EMS / UPS (with tracking)
• Packaging: Carefully wrapped with protective materials
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