{"product_id":"haiyu-tsuyukusa-e-chawan-by-nakamura-ryoji-ash-glaze-tea-bowl-with-dayflower-painting","title":"Haiyu Tsuyukusa-e Chawan by Nakamura Ryoji — Ash Glaze Tea Bowl with Dayflower Painting","description":"A chawan by Nakamura Ryoji in ash glaze, painted with tsuyukusa — the dayflower, a small blue flower that blooms and closes within a single morning. The glaze holds a milky, brushed luminescence. Indigo, purple, green, white: each flower is unhurried. The bowl comes new, unwitnessed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e#tsuyukusa chawan #nakamura ryoji pottery #haiyu ash glaze tea bowl #dayflower motif ceramics #kyo-yaki matcha bowl #japanese flower painting bowl #new unused chawan #ash glaze matcha bowl #japanese tea ceremony bowl #kyoto ceramics signed\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e【 Basic Details 】\u003cbr\u003e• Artist: Nakamura Ryoji (中村良二)\u003cbr\u003e• Style: Haiyu (灰釉 — ash glaze) with overglaze enamel painting\u003cbr\u003e• Motif: Tsuyukusa (露草 — Asian dayflower, Commelina communis)\u003cbr\u003e• Comes with original wooden storage box (木箱)\u003cbr\u003e• Condition: New, unused\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e【 Cultural Insight 】\u003cbr\u003eTsuyukusa — the dayflower — is a motif with deep resonance in Japanese seasonal aesthetics. Its blue pigment, extracted and used as a fugitive dye in Edo-period fabrics (aizuri), was deliberately impermanent: it fades. The poet Basho used tsuyukusa to speak of evanescence — \"the dayflower color: it fades.\" On a tea bowl intended for use, this carries weight. You hold a flower that acknowledges its own passing. This is not sadness. It is honesty.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e【 Deep Dive 】\u003cbr\u003eNakamura Ryoji works in the Kyo-yaki (京焼) tradition — Kyoto ceramics defined by refined painting over glaze. The ash glaze base gives this bowl an unusual milky-warm ground, softer than standard white porcelain. The enamel painting is multi-layered: indigo-blue petals, violet buds, precise green stems, and small white flowers with yellow stamens — the full tsuyukusa. The iron-rust rim banding is a technical signature of this style, anchoring the painting compositionally. The bowl form is open and welcoming, suited to summer temae. The wooden box still holds the scent of fresh cedar.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e【 Japanese 】\u003cbr\u003e中村良二作 灰釉露草絵茶碗。乳白色の灰釉地に色絵で描いた露草が鮮やか。新品未使用、木箱付き。京焼の華やかな色絵技法と、露草の一日花が持つ無常の美が共存する一碗。\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":61649481892210,"sku":"260307_a_2387","price":1145.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/5680\/3698\/files\/m90004388138_1.jpg?v=1773129205","url":"https:\/\/checkout.themodernzenarchive.com\/products\/haiyu-tsuyukusa-e-chawan-by-nakamura-ryoji-ash-glaze-tea-bowl-with-dayflower-painting","provider":"The Modern Zen Archive","version":"1.0","type":"link"}