Hashimoto Eiho worked in the tradition of Ogata Kenzan, the seventeenth-century Kyoto ceramicist whose ink-painting sensibility transformed tea ceramics into a site of composed stillness. This chawan carries that inheritance: pink-tinted crackle glaze, rice stalks rendered in gold and iron enamel, each stroke placed with the discipline of a practiced hand. Signed tomobako confirms the maker's hand.
🔹 [ BASIC DETAILS ] • Artist: Hashimoto Eiho • Technique: Kenzan-utsushi overglaze enamel • Era: Contemporary • Origin: Kyoto • Dimensions: Height approx. 7 cm, Diameter approx. 11 cm • Box: Signed tomobako (wooden storage box) • Condition: Excellent — no chips, cracks, or repairs
Fifteen centimeters across at the base, eleven at the rim, seven centimeters tall. The crackle moves through the glaze like a season ending — present without insistence. No chips, no cracks, no repairs.
Autumn governs this bowl. The rice stalk is not decoration; it is a record of harvest, of completion. In the tea room, a bowl chosen for its season binds guest and host to the same moment. This one was made for that binding.
🔹 [ SHIPPING & PACKAGING ] • Dispatch: Within 1-6 business days • Carrier: Japan Post EMS / UPS (with tracking) • Packaging: Carefully wrapped with protective materials
