{"product_id":"higaki-kazan-black-raku-tea-bowl-ono-no-komachi-poem-motif-theme-uta-unused-signed-box","title":"Higaki Kazan Black Raku Tea Bowl — Ono no Komachi Poem Motif, Theme 'Uta', Unused, Signed Box","description":"A black raku chawan by Higaki Kazan (桧垣佳山造), titled under the theme *Uta* (歌 — Song\/Poem). A polychrome enamel cartouche depicting Ono no Komachi — poetess, beauty, and subject of countless classical verses — is set against the rough-textured black glaze like a painting hung on a night wall. The interior holds a deep mirror-black surface with a faint spiral trace at center. Never used. Includes original signed tomobako with gold wax seal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e#higakikazan #blackrakuchawan #ononokomachi #japaneseteabowl #rakuyaki #japanesechawan #teaceremony #coloredenamelraku #japanesepoetryceramic #unusedchawan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e【 DETAILS 】\u003cbr\u003e• Form: Matcha bowl (chawan), black raku\u003cbr\u003e• Decoration: Polychrome enamel cartouche — Ono no Komachi figure with poem inscription\u003cbr\u003e• Theme: 歌 (Uta \/ Song)\u003cbr\u003e• Dimensions: Height approx. 8.8 cm, Width approx. 10.4 cm\u003cbr\u003e• Condition: Unused (未使用)\u003cbr\u003e• Provenance: Higaki Kazan (桧垣佳山造), Kyoto raku tradition\u003cbr\u003e• Includes: Original signed tomobako with gold wax seal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e【 CULTURAL CONTEXT 】\u003cbr\u003eOno no Komachi (小野小町) lived in the early Heian period and remains Japan's most celebrated female poet — her verses in the *Hyakunin Isshu* anthology are still memorized by schoolchildren today. On this tea bowl, her image appears as a classical court painting: robes layered in the *jūnihitoe* style, a poem scroll at her side. Higaki Kazan's choice to set this image into black raku is a studied contrast — the rawness of the raku body and the delicacy of the court figure held in the same object, the same moment. The theme *Uta* (歌) connects the act of tea to the act of poetry: both demand silence before and after.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e【 DEEPER NOTES 】\u003cbr\u003eThe spiral trace on the interior floor — visible in raking light — is a record of the potter's last touch before releasing the vessel. The gold wax seal on the box is not decorative; it is a mark of care, the maker's assurance that this object arrived as intended. This bowl has never been used. It waits.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e【 日本語説明 】\u003cbr\u003e黒楽茶碗「黒小野小町」お題『歌』。桧垣佳山造。粗肌の黒楽に色絵で小野小町の歌人図を描く。内側は深い鏡面黒釉。未使用品。高さ約8.8cm・幅約10.4cm。金色の封蝋入り共箱付き。\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":61649472848242,"sku":"260307_a_2383","price":767.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/5680\/3698\/files\/m88286550748_1.jpg?v=1773129156","url":"https:\/\/checkout.themodernzenarchive.com\/products\/higaki-kazan-black-raku-tea-bowl-ono-no-komachi-poem-motif-theme-uta-unused-signed-box","provider":"The Modern Zen Archive","version":"1.0","type":"link"}