{"product_id":"antique-bamboo-core-vermilion-urushi-natsume-shochikubai-pine-bamboo-plum-lacquer-tea-caddy-shifuku-hakogaki-box","title":"Antique Bamboo Core Vermilion Urushi Natsume | Shochikubai Pine Bamboo Plum Lacquer Tea Caddy | Shifuku \u0026 Hakogaki Box","description":"A natsume of uncommon material and classical intention.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ BASIC DETAILS ]\u003cbr\u003e• Artist: —\u003cbr\u003e• Origin: Japan\u003cbr\u003e• Material: Aged bamboo with vermilion urushi lacquer\u003cbr\u003e• Motif: Pine Bamboo Plum (Shochikubai)\u003cbr\u003e• Era: 1920s\u003cbr\u003e• Box: Tomobako (artist's wooden presentation box)\u003cbr\u003e• Condition: Good, carefully inspected\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ Cultural \u0026amp; Artistic Insight ]\u003cbr\u003eThe core is aged bamboo — a choice far less common than the standard turned wood, selected for its density and the particular way it receives lacquer. Over this foundation, layers of vermilion urushi have been built and burnished across what may be many decades, arriving at a surface that moves between deep ox-blood and transparent red depending on the angle of light.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe lid carries the Three Friends of Winter. Pine endures in horizontal strokes. Bamboo rises in quick brushed marks. A plum blossom — five petals, gathered and deliberate — anchors the lower field. All rendered in the same vermilion, slightly raised from the ground, so the motif reads as both painted and sculptural.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShochikubai is among the oldest auspicious groupings in Japanese visual culture, associated with the new year, with weddings, with longevity and resilience. On a tea caddy, it speaks to the occasion being marked — and to the host who understood what symbols carry.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe shifuku is woven in a restrained stripe, its age visible in the tone of the silk. The wooden storage box bears a hakogaki inscription — authentication in brushwork, the box becoming document as much as container.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCondition is good. The lacquer surface shows the expected patina of age without significant damage. The fit between lid and body remains precise.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ Deep-Dive Commentary ]\u003cbr\u003eSize: H approx. 6.5 cm \/ W approx. 9.2 cm \/ Weight approx. 82 g\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eComplete set: natsume, shifuku, and hakogaki box.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e---\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis piece would find its proper place in a new year gathering, a celebratory tea, or a collection that values both the rarity of bamboo-core construction and the completeness of provenance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e---\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ 日本語解説 ]\u003cbr\u003e古竹を芯に朱漆を幾重にも重ねた、珍しい造りの棗です。蓋天面には松・竹・梅の三友が朱漆で描かれ、慶事の意匠として格調があります。仕覆と書付箱が揃い、茶席でそのままお使いいただける完結した一揃いです。漆面には経年の風合いが宿りながらも状態は良好で、蓋と身の合いも確かです。\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","brand":"The Modern Zen Archive","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":61741753172338,"sku":"260406_a_2657","price":1397.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/5680\/3698\/files\/m64670379564_1.jpg?v=1775486376","url":"https:\/\/checkout.themodernzenarchive.com\/products\/antique-bamboo-core-vermilion-urushi-natsume-shochikubai-pine-bamboo-plum-lacquer-tea-caddy-shifuku-hakogaki-box","provider":"The Modern Zen Archive","version":"1.0","type":"link"}