{"product_id":"fujina-yaki-pine-landscape-tea-bowl-by-tsuchiya-zenshiro-unzen-kiln-chawan-with-box","title":"Fujina-yaki Pine Landscape Tea Bowl by Tsuchiya Zenshiro - Unzen Kiln Chawan with Box","description":"Experience authentic Japanese tea culture with this Fujina-yaki Pine Landscape Tea Bowl. This Japanese Matcha Chawan serves as an Izumo Shimane Ceramic Art and Painted Landscape Stoneware, featuring Funatsuki Pine Heritage and Traditional Green Enamel—a must-have for any Art Collector seeking Matsue Cultural Property and Wabi Sabi Tea Bowl.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ BASIC DETAILS ]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e• Artist: Tsuchiya Zenshiro (土屋善四郎) — Unzen-gama (雲善窯)\u003cbr\u003e• Technique: Overglaze enamel painting (iro-e) on straw-colored glaze\u003cbr\u003e• Era: Contemporary (Heisei period)\u003cbr\u003e• Origin: Fujina, Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, Japan\u003cbr\u003e• Subject: Funatsuki no Matsu (舟つきの松) — Matsue City Designated Cultural Property\u003cbr\u003e• Dimensions: Diameter approx. 11 cm, Height approx. 9 cm\u003cbr\u003e• Box: Signed paulownia wood box with cord (共箱紐付)\u003cbr\u003e• Accessories: Stamped fukusa (帛紗), pamphlets, yellow cloth\u003cbr\u003e• Condition: Excellent\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ CULTURAL \u0026amp; ARTISTIC INSIGHT ]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFujina-yaki belongs to the ceramic traditions of the Izumo region — the same cultural landscape that produced Izumo washi, Izumo Taisha, and the aesthetic philosophy shaped by centuries of San'in coast isolation. Unzen-gama, operated by the Tsuchiya family, carries forward a lineage of potters who have documented their local landscape through ceramic surfaces.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe subject of this bowl — Funatsuki no Matsu (\"the pine where boats moor\") — is a celebrated scenic landmark in Matsue, designated as a cultural property for its historical significance. To paint a designated cultural landmark on a tea bowl is to create a vessel that holds both tea and place. The green and brown enamels render the pine's canopy with impressionistic energy against the warm straw-colored ground, capturing the tree's enduring presence on the shore.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*\"A pine rooted at the water's edge — still standing where boats once gathered, now held in the curve of a bowl.\"*\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ DEEP-DIVE COMMENTARY ]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**The Fujina Tradition**: Fujina-yaki has been produced in the Matsue area since the Edo period, when the domain lord Matsudaira Fumai — one of Japan's greatest tea masters — patronized local kilns. This patronage established Matsue as one of the \"three great tea cities\" of Japan alongside Kyoto and Kanazawa. Fujina-yaki developed its distinctive warm glazes and painted landscapes under this cultured stewardship.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**Unzen-gama Legacy**: The Tsuchiya family's Unzen-gama maintains the Fujina tradition with particular attention to local subject matter. Their bowls serve as both tea vessels and landscape documents — each piece carrying a specific place and its associated cultural memory. This approach transforms functional pottery into regional heritage objects.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**The Pine as Subject**: In Japanese aesthetics, the pine (matsu) symbolizes longevity, endurance, and steadfast beauty through all seasons. Funatsuki no Matsu adds another layer — it marks a place of human activity and gathering, where the natural and social worlds intersect. The enamel work captures the tree's spreading canopy in bold green strokes over brown trunk lines.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**Complete Documentation**: The inclusion of a stamped fukusa, multiple pamphlets explaining the bowl's provenance, and a signed box with cord provides thorough documentation. This level of accompaniment reflects the Japanese tradition of treating tea bowls as objects requiring full contextual presentation.\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：土屋善四郎（雲善窯）\u003cbr\u003e• 技法：色絵（上絵付け）\u003cbr\u003e• 時代：現代（平成）\u003cbr\u003e• 産地：島根県松江市（布志名）\u003cbr\u003e• 画題：舟つきの松（松江市指定文化財）\u003cbr\u003e• 寸法：口径約11cm、高さ約9cm\u003cbr\u003e• 付属：共箱（紐付）・帛紗（印あり）・栞・布\u003cbr\u003e• 状態：良好\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e【解説】\u003cbr\u003e松江の名勝「舟つきの松」を画題とした布志名焼茶碗。雲善窯・土屋善四郎による温かみのある黄土色の地に、緑と茶の上絵具で松の全景を描く。松江藩主・松平不昧が育てた茶の湯文化の地にふさわしい、風景と機能が融合した作品。帛紗・栞まで揃った完品。\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*Where boats once gathered beneath the pine — now tea gathers in its image.*","brand":"The Modern Zen Archive","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":61609799483762,"sku":"260220_2016","price":964.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/5680\/3698\/files\/m14483019238_1.jpg?v=1771566269","url":"https:\/\/checkout.themodernzenarchive.com\/products\/fujina-yaki-pine-landscape-tea-bowl-by-tsuchiya-zenshiro-unzen-kiln-chawan-with-box","provider":"The Modern Zen Archive","version":"1.0","type":"link"}