{"product_id":"hashimoto-kisen-taba-noshi-chawan-iro-e-auspicious-tea-bowl-kyo-yaki-kyoto-ceramics-tomobako-japanese-tea-ceremony","title":"Hashimoto Kisen Taba-noshi Chawan — Iro-e Auspicious Tea Bowl, Kyo-yaki Kyoto Ceramics, Tomobako, Japanese Tea Ceremony","description":"Hashimoto Kisen taba-noshi chawan. Iro-e auspicious tea bowl. Kyo-yaki Kyoto ceramics. Tomobako. Japanese tea ceremony. Overglaze enamel. Gold lattice. Noshi motif. Celebratory chawan. Signed tea bowl.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ BASIC DETAILS ]\u003cbr\u003e• Artist: Hashimoto Kisen (橋本喜泉)\u003cbr\u003e• Tradition: Kyo-yaki, Kyoto\u003cbr\u003e• Dimensions: Diameter 12.5 cm, Height 7.9 cm\u003cbr\u003e• Condition: Excellent — no chips, cracks, or repairs\u003cbr\u003e• Provenance: Tomobako (original wooden box) inscribed 色絵 茶碗 \/ 喜泉造\u003cbr\u003e• SKU: 260228_a_2185\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ CULTURAL INSIGHT ]\u003cbr\u003eThe noshi — originally strips of dried abalone stretched and folded into decorative bundles — became one of Japan's most enduring symbols of celebration and good fortune. The taba-noshi, a gathered bundle of these strips, appears on ceremonial gifts, lacquerware, and textiles across centuries of Japanese decorative tradition. It is a symbol that carries its history visibly, a gesture of auspiciousness made formal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHashimoto Kisen places the taba-noshi at the center of this chawan's design, rendered in the full vocabulary of Kyo-yaki iro-e: gold lattice, turquoise, red, cream, crane motifs, plum blossoms, and geometric patterns that reference the shippo (七宝) — the endless knot of Buddhist symbolism. This is a bowl that announces itself. Density of intention in every centimeter of surface.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ DEEP-DIVE ]\u003cbr\u003eWithin the Kyo-yaki tradition, the iro-e chawan represents a particular kind of ambition — the desire to place the full visual language of Kyoto's decorative arts onto the intimate, handheld form of the tea bowl. Where wabi-cha aesthetic called for reduction, for the beauty of the imperfect and the unadorned, the iro-e tradition asserts that beauty can also accumulate. That richness, applied with precision, becomes its own form of discipline.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKisen's taba-noshi chawan demonstrates this accumulation. The gold lattice grounds the composition, a structural element that prevents the riot of color from dissolving into spectacle. Turquoise and red sections are separated by cream, giving the eye moments of rest. Within each field, pattern nests inside pattern — cranes within shippo, plum blossoms within koshi (格子). The noshi cord is rendered in golden relief, catching light as the bowl is turned.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe tomobako inscription, 色絵 茶碗 \/ 喜泉造, confirms the artist's hand. A bowl made not for everyday use but for occasions that deserve ceremony — a formal tea gathering, a celebratory season, a gift that carries cultural weight.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ 日本語解説 ]\u003cbr\u003e橋本喜泉造の色絵束熨斗茶碗です。金彩と色絵で束熨斗（祝儀の象徴）を華やかに描き、紅・碧・金の配色が鮮やかに映えます。格子・七宝・梅・鶴など多彩な吉祥文様を込めた豪華な仕事は、京焼iro-e技法の粋を示します。共箱には「色絵 茶碗 喜泉造」の銘。祝いの茶席や贈答品として格調高い一碗です。\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":61626885570930,"sku":"260228_a_2185","price":690.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/5680\/3698\/files\/m30113894486_1.jpg?v=1772291387","url":"https:\/\/checkout.themodernzenarchive.com\/products\/hashimoto-kisen-taba-noshi-chawan-iro-e-auspicious-tea-bowl-kyo-yaki-kyoto-ceramics-tomobako-japanese-tea-ceremony","provider":"The Modern Zen Archive","version":"1.0","type":"link"}