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Bizen Ware Tea Bowl by Kimura Ichiyo - Japanese Matcha Chawan with Ash Glaze and Signed Box
Bizen Ware Tea Bowl by Kimura Ichiyo - Japanese Matcha Chawan with Ash Glaze and Signed Box
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Experience authentic Japanese ceramic tradition with this Bizen Ware Tea Bowl by Kimura Ichiyo (木村一陽). This Japanese Matcha Chawan serves as a Bizen Yakishime masterpiece and Handmade Tea Ceremony Bowl, featuring steely ash-grey natural glaze and precise wheel-thrown facets—a must-have for any Zen Ceramic collector seeking the quiet strength of unglazed Japanese stoneware.
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🔹 [ BASIC DETAILS ]
• Artist: Kimura Ichiyo (木村一陽)
• Technique: Bizen yakishime (備前焼締) with ash natural glaze and vertical faceting
• Era: Contemporary (Heisei-Reiwa period)
• Origin: Bizen, Okayama Prefecture, Japan
• Dimensions: Diameter approx. 12 cm × Height approx. 7 cm (4.7" × 2.8")
• Box: Tomobako (artist-signed wooden box)
• Condition: Excellent – no cracks, chips, or repairs
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🔹 [ CULTURAL & ARTISTIC INSIGHT ]
Bizen ware (備前焼) is among the oldest continuously produced ceramics in Japan, with a history stretching back over 1,000 years to kilns in present-day Okayama Prefecture. What defines Bizen — and makes it philosophically compelling — is what it refuses: no glaze, no decoration, no shortcuts. The clay itself, dug from the rice paddies of the Bizen region, contains iron and organic matter that react with the long, wood-fired kiln atmosphere over days of firing to produce the only surface ornamentation Bizen acknowledges: ash deposits, flame paths, and the clay's own internal chemistry.
This tea bowl by Kimura Ichiyo presents a particularly restrained and modern face of the Bizen tradition. The exterior exhibits a smooth, steel-grey ash surface with subtle vertical striations from wheel-thrown faceting — a deliberate structural choice that gives the bowl a composed, architectural quality unusual in Bizen's typically organic aesthetic. Thin ash-glaze traces run vertically where kiln atmosphere concentrated during the firing, creating a quiet dialogue between the human gesture of turning and the kiln's own voice.
*"The grey of old river stones in autumn light — Bizen does not ask to be beautiful; it simply endures, and beauty follows."*
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🔹 [ DEEP-DIVE COMMENTARY ]
**Bizen Clay and Firing**: Bizen clay is iron-rich and highly refractory, requiring kiln temperatures around 1,200–1,300°C sustained over several days. During this extended firing, natural ash from pine and other wood settles on surfaces, melts partially into the clay, and creates the subdued natural glazing seen on this bowl's exterior. No glaze is ever applied — the surface is entirely the product of fire and time.
**Vertical Faceting Technique**: The clean vertical striations visible across this bowl's exterior were cut into the leather-hard clay before firing. This technique — known as kanna-work or facing — reveals the potter's structural thinking. It gives the rounded form a geometric counterpoint and changes how light moves across the surface throughout the day, making the bowl subtly different in each viewing.
**The Ash-Grey Tone**: The cool, steely grey of this bowl's surface is characteristic of Bizen pieces that received heavier ash deposits during kiln loading. The color absorbs and reflects light with extraordinary subtlety — under daylight it reads as silver-grey; in candlelight it warms toward umber. This tonal complexity is why Bizen tea bowls have been valued in tea practice for centuries.
**Kimura Ichiyo's Approach**: The restraint evident in this bowl — neither rustic nor ostentatious — reflects a mature craftsperson's confidence. The form is clean, the proportions considered, the foot ring precise. A signed tomobako accompanies the work, confirming the artist's ownership of this piece.
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🔹 [ 日本語解説 ]
【基本情報】
• 作家：木村一陽
• 技法：備前焼締、灰青釉、轆轤削り縦線
• 時代：現代（平成〜令和）
• 産地：岡山県・備前
• 寸法：直径約12cm × 高さ約7cm
• 付属：共箱
• 状態：良好（ヒビ・カケなし）
【解説】
備前焼は無釉・無絵付けという極めて潔い美学を持つ日本の代表的な焼き物です。木村一陽による本作は、轆轤目を活かした縦方向のシャープなラインが特徴で、備前らしい土の力強さと現代的な端正さが共存した一碗です。灰青色の素地にほのかに流れる自然釉の痕跡が、長時間の窯焼きの記憶を物語っています。
共箱付きで状態も良好。備前の静謐な存在感は、毎日のお点前の中で道具として深まっていきます。使うほどに手に馴染み、表情を増していく備前茶碗の醍醐味を、ぜひお楽しみください。
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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
*One thousand years of fire and clay — Bizen asks nothing of ornament, and gives everything in return.*
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🔹 [ BASIC DETAILS ]
• Artist: Kimura Ichiyo (木村一陽)
• Technique: Bizen yakishime (備前焼締) with ash natural glaze and vertical faceting
• Era: Contemporary (Heisei-Reiwa period)
• Origin: Bizen, Okayama Prefecture, Japan
• Dimensions: Diameter approx. 12 cm × Height approx. 7 cm (4.7" × 2.8")
• Box: Tomobako (artist-signed wooden box)
• Condition: Excellent – no cracks, chips, or repairs
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
🔹 [ CULTURAL & ARTISTIC INSIGHT ]
Bizen ware (備前焼) is among the oldest continuously produced ceramics in Japan, with a history stretching back over 1,000 years to kilns in present-day Okayama Prefecture. What defines Bizen — and makes it philosophically compelling — is what it refuses: no glaze, no decoration, no shortcuts. The clay itself, dug from the rice paddies of the Bizen region, contains iron and organic matter that react with the long, wood-fired kiln atmosphere over days of firing to produce the only surface ornamentation Bizen acknowledges: ash deposits, flame paths, and the clay's own internal chemistry.
This tea bowl by Kimura Ichiyo presents a particularly restrained and modern face of the Bizen tradition. The exterior exhibits a smooth, steel-grey ash surface with subtle vertical striations from wheel-thrown faceting — a deliberate structural choice that gives the bowl a composed, architectural quality unusual in Bizen's typically organic aesthetic. Thin ash-glaze traces run vertically where kiln atmosphere concentrated during the firing, creating a quiet dialogue between the human gesture of turning and the kiln's own voice.
*"The grey of old river stones in autumn light — Bizen does not ask to be beautiful; it simply endures, and beauty follows."*
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
🔹 [ DEEP-DIVE COMMENTARY ]
**Bizen Clay and Firing**: Bizen clay is iron-rich and highly refractory, requiring kiln temperatures around 1,200–1,300°C sustained over several days. During this extended firing, natural ash from pine and other wood settles on surfaces, melts partially into the clay, and creates the subdued natural glazing seen on this bowl's exterior. No glaze is ever applied — the surface is entirely the product of fire and time.
**Vertical Faceting Technique**: The clean vertical striations visible across this bowl's exterior were cut into the leather-hard clay before firing. This technique — known as kanna-work or facing — reveals the potter's structural thinking. It gives the rounded form a geometric counterpoint and changes how light moves across the surface throughout the day, making the bowl subtly different in each viewing.
**The Ash-Grey Tone**: The cool, steely grey of this bowl's surface is characteristic of Bizen pieces that received heavier ash deposits during kiln loading. The color absorbs and reflects light with extraordinary subtlety — under daylight it reads as silver-grey; in candlelight it warms toward umber. This tonal complexity is why Bizen tea bowls have been valued in tea practice for centuries.
**Kimura Ichiyo's Approach**: The restraint evident in this bowl — neither rustic nor ostentatious — reflects a mature craftsperson's confidence. The form is clean, the proportions considered, the foot ring precise. A signed tomobako accompanies the work, confirming the artist's ownership of this piece.
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🔹 [ 日本語解説 ]
【基本情報】
• 作家：木村一陽
• 技法：備前焼締、灰青釉、轆轤削り縦線
• 時代：現代（平成〜令和）
• 産地：岡山県・備前
• 寸法：直径約12cm × 高さ約7cm
• 付属：共箱
• 状態：良好（ヒビ・カケなし）
【解説】
備前焼は無釉・無絵付けという極めて潔い美学を持つ日本の代表的な焼き物です。木村一陽による本作は、轆轤目を活かした縦方向のシャープなラインが特徴で、備前らしい土の力強さと現代的な端正さが共存した一碗です。灰青色の素地にほのかに流れる自然釉の痕跡が、長時間の窯焼きの記憶を物語っています。
共箱付きで状態も良好。備前の静謐な存在感は、毎日のお点前の中で道具として深まっていきます。使うほどに手に馴染み、表情を増していく備前茶碗の醍醐味を、ぜひお楽しみください。
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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
*One thousand years of fire and clay — Bizen asks nothing of ornament, and gives everything in return.*
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