{"product_id":"hagi-ware-tea-bowl-by-hirose-tanga-gyokuhozan-kiln-white-chawan-with-signed-box","title":"Hagi Ware Tea Bowl by Hirose Tanga - Gyokuhozan Kiln White Chawan with Signed Box","description":"Experience authentic Japanese tea culture with this Hagi Ware Tea Bowl. This Japanese Matcha Chawan serves as a Hirose Tanga Pottery and Gyokuhozan Kiln Ceramic, featuring Classic Kannyu Crazing and Yamaguchi Prefecture artistry—a must-have for any Art Collector seeking Seven Transformations Tea Bowl and Wabi Sabi Ceramic Art.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ BASIC DETAILS ]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e• Artist: Hirose Tanga (広瀬淡雅) — Gyokuhōzan Kiln (玉鵬山)\u003cbr\u003e• Technique: Classic Hagi feldspar glaze with natural crazing (kannyu)\u003cbr\u003e• Era: Contemporary (Shōwa–Heisei period)\u003cbr\u003e• Origin: Hagi, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan\u003cbr\u003e• Dimensions: 11.5 cm (4.5\") diameter × 10 cm (3.9\") height\u003cbr\u003e• Box: Signed tomobako with artist name and kiln seal\u003cbr\u003e• Condition: Excellent — beautiful tea staining through craze lines indicating valued use\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ CULTURAL \u0026amp; ARTISTIC INSIGHT ]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the hierarchy of Japanese tea ceramics, Hagi ware has held a position of honor since the early Edo period. The famous ranking \"ichi-Raku, ni-Hagi, san-Karatsu\" (first Raku, second Hagi, third Karatsu) reflects the tea world's deep appreciation for Hagi's distinctive warmth and capacity for transformation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHirose Tanga works from the Gyokuhōzan kiln, continuing a tradition that traces back to Korean potters brought to Hagi by the Mōri clan lords after the Korean campaigns of the late 16th century. The characteristic white glaze, soft clay body, and natural crazing are signatures that connect every modern Hagi potter to those founding ancestors.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*\"The bowl arrives white. Years of tea transform it—cracks become rivers, stains become landscapes.\"*\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ DEEP-DIVE COMMENTARY ]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**The Seven Transformations (Nana-bake)**: Hagi ware's most celebrated quality is its capacity to change over time through use. The porous clay body and crazed glaze gradually absorb tea, creating pink, amber, and brown staining patterns that are unique to each bowl. This bowl already shows beautiful tea penetration—warm pink and brown tones visible through the craze lines—evidence that it has been actively used and appreciated.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**Cylindrical Form**: This bowl adopts the tsutsu-gata (cylindrical) shape—tall walls with relatively little taper. This form creates a natural insulating effect, keeping the tea warm longer, and presents a dignified, upright silhouette. The slightly irregular rim adds the essential touch of wabi imperfection.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**Glaze Character**: The white Hagi glaze achieves its characteristic warmth through the use of local feldspar and wood ash. The extensive kannyu (craze network) covering the entire surface is a hallmark of proper Hagi technique—the differential contraction between clay body and glaze creates this web of fine lines that will continue to evolve with use.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**Collector Value**: A Hagi bowl that already shows tea staining carries particular appeal for collectors. The staining is irreversible evidence of the bowl's life in the tea room—a physical record of encounters between tea, water, and time. In Japanese aesthetics, this aging is not deterioration but enrichment.\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：広瀬淡雅（玉鵬山窯）\u003cbr\u003e• 技法：萩釉・貫入\u003cbr\u003e• 時代：現代（昭和〜平成）\u003cbr\u003e• 産地：山口県萩市\u003cbr\u003e• 寸法：径約11.5cm × 高さ約10cm\u003cbr\u003e• 付属：共箱（作家名・窯印入り）\u003cbr\u003e• 状態：良好（茶渋の育ちが見事）\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e【解説】\u003cbr\u003e「一楽二萩三唐津」と謳われる萩焼の伝統を受け継ぐ広瀬淡雅・玉鵬山窯の茶碗。\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e白萩釉の穏やかな地肌に全面に走る貫入が見事。筒形のすっきりとした佇まいは格調を感じさせ、わずかに歪んだ口縁が侘びの趣を添える。\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e本作の最大の魅力は、使い込みによる「七化け」の進行。貫入を通じて茶が浸透し、薄桃色から褐色へと変化する景色は、この碗が実際の茶席で大切に使われてきた証。萩焼の醍醐味である「育てる楽しみ」を体現する一碗。\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*White clay, patient cracks, slow tea—the bowl becomes what only time and use can author.*","brand":"The Modern Zen Archive","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":61609871802738,"sku":"260220_2025","price":881.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/5680\/3698\/files\/m93105263403_1.jpg?v=1771571907","url":"https:\/\/checkout.themodernzenarchive.com\/products\/hagi-ware-tea-bowl-by-hirose-tanga-gyokuhozan-kiln-white-chawan-with-signed-box","provider":"The Modern Zen Archive","version":"1.0","type":"link"}