{"product_id":"bizen-ware-matcha-tea-bowl-by-fujita-ryuji-hidasuki-goma-glaze-chawan-with-signed-tomobako-box","title":"Bizen Ware Matcha Tea Bowl by Fujita Ryuji - Hidasuki Goma Glaze Chawan with Signed Tomobako Box","description":"Experience authentic Japanese tea culture with this Bizen Ware Matcha Tea Bowl by Fujita Ryuji. This Japanese Matcha Bowl serves as a Bizen Yakishime masterpiece and Handmade Tea Ceremony Chawan, featuring Hidasuki Fire Marks and Goma Ash Glaze landscape—a must-have for any Art Collector seeking authentic Wabi Sabi Ceramics and Zen Tea Accessories.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ BASIC DETAILS ]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e• Artist: Fujita Ryuji (藤田龍司)\u003cbr\u003e• Technique: Bizen yakishime (unglazed high-fire stoneware) with hidasuki and goma effects\u003cbr\u003e• Era: Contemporary (Heisei-Reiwa period)\u003cbr\u003e• Origin: Bizen, Okayama, Japan – one of the Six Ancient Kilns of Japan\u003cbr\u003e• Dimensions: Diameter approx. 11 cm × Height approx. 7.5 cm (4.3\" × 3.0\")\u003cbr\u003e• Box: Tomobako (artist-signed paulownia wood box) with seal \"龍司\"\u003cbr\u003e• Condition: Excellent – no cracks, chips, or repairs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ CULTURAL \u0026amp; ARTISTIC INSIGHT ]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBizen ware (備前焼) is among the oldest and most revered ceramic traditions in Japan, with an unbroken history reaching back nearly a thousand years to the Heian period. What distinguishes Bizen from nearly all other Japanese ceramics is its rejection of glaze altogether—the surface that you see on this bowl is the result of clay alone responding to flame, ash, and ember within the anagama climbing kiln. Every mark is a record of fire's passage, never repeated, never reproducible.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFujita Ryuji works within this severe, demanding tradition. The deep iron-purple body of this chawan, with its faint metallic sheen and warm earthen undertones, speaks to a long firing in a heavy reduction atmosphere. The pale traces of goma (sesame ash) drift across the surface like the ghost of falling embers, while subtle hidasuki blushes betray where rice straw once wrapped the unfired clay. The interior reveals concentric throwing lines of remarkable steadiness, gathering toward a serene chadamari at the center.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*\"In Bizen, the kiln writes the painting—the potter only prepares the silence.\"*\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ DEEP-DIVE COMMENTARY ]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**The Bizen Lineage**: Bizen is one of the Rokkoyō (六古窯), the Six Ancient Kilns of Japan whose traditions predate the introduction of Korean and Chinese glazing techniques. Its identity rests on yakishime—stoneware fired at extreme temperatures (1,200–1,300°C) for ten days or more in wood-burning anagama or noborigama kilns, where the clay vitrifies into a stone-hard body without any applied glaze. Tea masters from Sen no Rikyū onward prized Bizen for its honesty: the surface is the truth of fire.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**Reading the Surface**: The tonal range of this bowl—aubergine, smoke-mauve, and bronze along the rim—indicates careful placement deep within the kiln, where ash-laden gases circulated long enough to leave their signature without overwhelming the body. The matte goma deposits and faint metallic crystallization at the foot ring are highly prized markers among Bizen collectors, often called sangiri (三切) when they form bands of contrasting color from differential reduction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**Use in Tea Practice**: Bizen chawan are particularly valued in summer tea, when the porous, breathing body cools matcha gently and intensifies the umami of the tea. The slightly rougher texture also produces an exceptional foam (mojiri) when whisked. This bowl's understated form—wide enough to receive a generous bowl of usucha, deep enough for koicha—makes it ideal for both styles.\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：藤田龍司\u003cbr\u003e• 技法：備前焼 焼締（緋襷・胡麻）\u003cbr\u003e• 時代：現代（平成〜令和）\u003cbr\u003e• 産地：岡山県備前市\u003cbr\u003e• 寸法：直径約11cm × 高さ約7.5cm\u003cbr\u003e• 付属：共箱（落款「龍司」朱印）\u003cbr\u003e• 状態：極上（ヒビ・カケなし）\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e【解説】\u003cbr\u003e備前焼は日本六古窯の一つ。釉薬を一切用いず、土と炎と灰のみによって生まれる景色を尊ぶ、千年の伝統を持つ焼締陶器です。本作は藤田龍司氏による備前茶碗で、深い紫紺の地に胡麻釉の白い飛沫、緋襷の淡い紅、口縁に走るブロンズ色の窯変が美しく現れています。\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e見込みの轆轤目は端正で、茶溜りに向かって静かに収束する造形が、点茶の所作を自然に導きます。釉薬を持たない備前は、抹茶の温度を穏やかに保ち、薄茶の泡立ちも豊か。藤田氏の落款「龍司」を朱書した共箱が付属し、贈答・収蔵いずれにも適した一碗です。\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*The fire has finished writing—now it waits only for the warmth of tea.*","brand":"The Modern Zen Archive","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":61818853359986,"sku":"260429_a_2771","price":711.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/5680\/3698\/files\/m67482935088_1.jpg?v=1777478626","url":"https:\/\/checkout.themodernzenarchive.com\/products\/bizen-ware-matcha-tea-bowl-by-fujita-ryuji-hidasuki-goma-glaze-chawan-with-signed-tomobako-box","provider":"The Modern Zen Archive","version":"1.0","type":"link"}