{"product_id":"hagi-ware-gohon-tea-bowl-pink-blush-kiln-effects-umeda-toraku-matcha-chawan-japan","title":"Hagi Ware Gohon Tea Bowl – Pink Blush Kiln Effects – Umeda Toraku – Matcha Chawan – Japan","description":"A hagi ware gohon bowl — a gohon tea bowl japan tradition by umeda toraku chawan master. This matcha chawan signed box set is a hagi yaki ceramic with pink blush kiln mark across its surface. A korean style chawan shaped from reduction fired clay, with wabi sabi tea bowl presence and signed tomobako box. Rooted in japanese tea craft and the yamaguchi kiln ware lineage, each gohon spotting bowl carries the memory of fire.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e◾ Details\u003cbr\u003e• Artist: Umeda Toraku (梅田陶楽)\u003cbr\u003e• Type: Gohon tea bowl (御本茶碗)\u003cbr\u003e• Ware: Hagi ware (萩焼), Yamaguchi Prefecture\u003cbr\u003e• Dimensions: Ø 118 mm × H 78 mm\u003cbr\u003e• Materials: Hagi clay with iron content, natural ash-influenced glaze\u003cbr\u003e• Box: Signed wooden tomobako with blue-white checkered cord\u003cbr\u003e• Condition: New \/ Unused — pristine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e◾ Cultural Context\u003cbr\u003eGohon-de (御本手) refers to a class of Korean-influenced tea ceramics prized in Japanese tea culture for their unpredictable beauty. The pink spots that appear across the surface are not decoration — they are the result of trace iron in the clay body reacting under reduction firing. Each spot is a conversation between earth and flame, unrepeatable and uncontrolled. In chanoyu, this natural kiln variation represents a kind of authorship beyond the potter's hand.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e◾ On This Piece\u003cbr\u003eUmeda Toraku, born in Hagi in 1941, apprenticed under Saka Koraizaemon (坂高麗左衛門) — a lineage tracing to the very origins of Hagi ware — before establishing his own kiln in 1974. This bowl shows a rich ochre-amber surface scattered with delicate pink gohon spotting, a dense crazing network, and an interior that pools into luminous amber depth. The gentle curves and classical proportions speak to disciplined craft shaped by deep tradition. Unused condition preserves the surface exactly as it emerged from the kiln.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e_What the fire chose to leave behind — written in blush across the clay._\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":61616890249586,"sku":"260222_a_2068","price":756.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/5680\/3698\/files\/m35452461262_1.jpg?v=1771914381","url":"https:\/\/checkout.themodernzenarchive.com\/products\/hagi-ware-gohon-tea-bowl-pink-blush-kiln-effects-umeda-toraku-matcha-chawan-japan","provider":"The Modern Zen Archive","version":"1.0","type":"link"}