{"product_id":"black-raku-tea-bowl-ginkaku-ji-yoshimura-soraku-daigo-kiln-kyoto-chawan","title":"Black Raku Tea Bowl Ginkaku-ji Yoshimura Soraku Daigo Kiln Kyoto Chawan","description":"A hand-sculpted black Raku tea bowl from Daigo kiln, Kyoto — Ginkaku-ji temple chawan, Yoshimura Soraku ceramics, black raku tea bowl, Kyoto pottery, Japanese tea ceremony bowl, signed raku chawan, wabi-sabi matcha bowl, hand-built japanese pottery, temple-associated tea bowl, collectible raku ware, Ginkaku-ji seal chawan, Kyoto studio ceramics, traditional Japanese tea bowl.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDiameter: 11 cm | Height: 8.2 cm\u003cbr\u003eCondition: No cracks or chips. Original paper box included with Ginkaku-ji temple seal stamp inside; box shows age-related soiling.\u003cbr\u003eKiln: Daigo (醍醐窯), Kyoto\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ BASIC DETAILS ]\u003cbr\u003eArtist: Yoshimura Soraku (吉村宗楽)\u003cbr\u003eSKU: 260402_a_2619\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[ Cultural \u0026amp; Artistic Insight ]\u003cbr\u003eRaku ware is not merely a ceramic tradition — it is the physical embodiment of wabi, the aesthetic philosophy that Muromachi-period tea master Sen no Rikyu articulated and that Kyoto ceramicist Chojiro first gave form to in the late sixteenth century. The defining characteristic is hand-building without the wheel: the potter shapes the clay directly, compresses the walls with a wooden paddle, and leaves the evidence of that contact in the surface. The resulting bowl is slower, quieter, and more intimate than thrown ware. This piece by Yoshimura Soraku carries the Ginkaku-ji (Silver Pavilion) association — one of Kyoto's most studied temples of Higashiyama culture — encoded in the paper box's temple seal, connecting the bowl to a specific place and a specific aesthetic lineage.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[ Deep-Dive Commentary ]\u003cbr\u003eYoshimura Soraku works within the broad post-Raku tradition that stretches from the official Raku family workshops to the many independent Kyoto kilns that have engaged with the hand-building, low-fire vocabulary since the Edo period. The Daigo kiln operates in the southern Kyoto area (Fushimi-Daigo), a district historically dense with temples and craft workshops. The tall, strongly vertical form of this bowl — 8.2 cm in height against an 11 cm mouth — is characteristic of the kind of bowl used in thick tea (koicha), where the depth of the vessel concentrates both the tea and the drinker's attention. The paper box rather than wooden box is itself a mark of a certain Kyoto aesthetic: paper as humble, sufficient, and precisely appropriate.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[ 銀閣寺茶碗 楽焼 吉村宗楽 ]\u003cbr\u003e京都・醍醐窯、吉村宗楽による黒楽茶碗。手捏ねによる力強い造形と深みある黒釉が侘び茶の本質を体現する。銀閣寺ゆかりの一碗であることを示す銀閣寺印が内箱に押印されており、東山文化の美意識に連なる確かな由緒を持つ。濃茶にも映える堂々たる佇まい。紙箱付き（箱に汚れあり）。\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ JAPANESE DESCRIPTION \/ 日本語解説 ]\u003cbr\u003e上記英文に準ずる\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":61732522787186,"sku":"260402_a_2619","price":479.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/5680\/3698\/files\/m80140609707_1.jpg?v=1775138079","url":"https:\/\/checkout.themodernzenarchive.com\/products\/black-raku-tea-bowl-ginkaku-ji-yoshimura-soraku-daigo-kiln-kyoto-chawan","provider":"The Modern Zen Archive","version":"1.0","type":"link"}