{"product_id":"haru-no-ogawa-kochi-yaki-chawan-by-nakamura-suiran-spring-river-tea-bowl","title":"Haru no Ogawa Kochi-yaki Chawan by Nakamura Suiran — Spring River Tea Bowl","description":"A Haru no Ogawa (Spring Little River) chawan in the Kochi-yaki tradition by Nakamura Suiran — the leading master of Kyoto Kochi ware. Imperial yellow glaze covers the full exterior and interior, interrupted by a sweeping river of turquoise and blue with swirling eddy patterns, and a row of brown reed silhouettes at the water's edge. The form is wide-mouthed with a subtly squared rim — expressive, even theatrical, in the best tradition of Kochi-yaki's embrace of color and emotion. Comes with original wood box, fukusa cloth, and bookmark.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ BASIC DETAILS ]\u003cbr\u003e• Artist: Nakamura Suiran (中村翠嵐)\u003cbr\u003e• Technique: Kochi-yaki (交趾焼), polychrome lead glaze on earthenware\u003cbr\u003e• Era: Contemporary (Showa–Heisei, Living National Treasure lineage)\u003cbr\u003e• Origin: Kyoto, Japan\u003cbr\u003e• Dimensions: H approx. 7.7 cm, Rim diameter approx. 12 cm, Foot diameter approx. 4.8 cm\u003cbr\u003e• Box: Original wood box (共箱) inscribed 古代黄交趾 春の小川 茶盌, artist seal 翠嵐\u003cbr\u003e• Accessories: Fukusa cloth (yellow), protective cloth (gray), bookmark (栞)\u003cbr\u003e• Condition: Excellent. No chips, cracks, or repairs. The fine crazing visible in the yellow glaze is inherent to lead-based Kochi glaze and is a sign of authenticity, not damage.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ CULTURAL \u0026amp; ARTISTIC INSIGHT ]\u003cbr\u003eKochi-yaki — Kochi ware — arrived in Japan from China via the Ryukyu Islands in the late Muromachi period, and Kyoto potters transformed it into one of the most vivid traditions in Japanese ceramics. The technique relies on lead-flux glazes that flow brilliantly in the kiln, producing saturated colors — imperial yellow, turquoise, cobalt, aubergine — that were reserved for the most formal and celebratory tea occasions. In the tea room, a Kochi chawan announces presence the moment it is unwrapped.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNakamura Suiran is recognized as the foremost living practitioner of Kyoto Kochi-yaki. The Suiran kiln's work is distinguished by the purity of its glaze colors and the compositional ambition of its designs — not merely applying pattern to form but constructing a scene that exists in relationship with the bowl's shape.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ DEEP-DIVE COMMENTARY ]\u003cbr\u003eThe title of this bowl — 春の小川, Haru no Ogawa, Spring Little River — is drawn from a beloved classical poem and song that describes the quiet energy of a spring stream: willows trailing, fish darting, water moving with unhurried purpose. Nakamura Suiran has rendered this not as illustration but as sensation. The imperial yellow (古代黄, ancient yellow) dominates, filling the eye with warmth and light — the color of young spring sun. The turquoise river enters from the lower left and sweeps across the bowl's lower register, its momentum conveyed by the dense blue swirl patterns within it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe reed silhouettes at the water's edge — brown, slender, slightly varied in height — are the detail that elevates this piece from decorative to poetic. They are the scale reference that makes the river feel vast, the vertical note that interrupts the horizontality of water and sky, the harbinger of life returning to the bank.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe interior is pure yellow — undecorated, radiant. When matcha is whisked in this bowl, the yellow interior becomes something extraordinary: the green tea against imperial yellow produces a visual vibration that no other glaze color achieves. This is not incidental; Suiran designed it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe original wood box is inscribed 古代黄交趾 春の小川 茶盌 — Ancient Yellow Kochi, Spring Little River Tea Bowl. The box lid bears the artist's seal in red. For the collector of Japanese tea ceramics, Nakamura Suiran represents the highest current standard of the Kochi tradition, and a signed work of this compositional complexity with original box is a significant acquisition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[ JAPANESE DESCRIPTION \/ 日本語解説 ]\u003cbr\u003e中村翠嵐による古代黄交趾「春の小川」茶碗。鮮やかな古代黄の釉薬を全面に纏い、青緑の川と渦文、茶色の葦のシルエットが春の小川の情景を描く。口径12cmの大ぶりの形状、内側も全面黄交趾釉で抹茶の緑との対比が美しい。\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e中村翠嵐は京焼交趾焼の現代における第一人者。鉛釉による交趾焼は桃山期以来の格式ある技法であり、茶の湯において最も晴れやかな場での使用にふさわしい色絵陶器である。古代黄の釉調に見られる細かな貫入は鉛釉固有の特徴であり、本物の証といえる。\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e共箱に「古代黄交趾 春の小川 茶盌」翠嵐印あり。黄福紗・灰色保護布・栞付属。\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":61654047195506,"sku":"260307_a_2407","price":2295.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/5680\/3698\/files\/m18078780269_1.jpg?v=1773284742","url":"https:\/\/checkout.themodernzenarchive.com\/products\/haru-no-ogawa-kochi-yaki-chawan-by-nakamura-suiran-spring-river-tea-bowl","provider":"The Modern Zen Archive","version":"1.0","type":"link"}