{"product_id":"hisada-soya-certified-kuro-oo-natsume-urasenke-black-lacquer","title":"Hisada Soya Certified Kuro Oo-natsume — Urasenke Black Lacquer","description":"A kuro oo-natsume (large black lacquer tea caddy) with mirror-polished shin-nuri surface, authenticated by Hisada Soya of the Urasenke Hisada family. The interior lid carries a red calligraphic mark. The three-layer box construction confirms the weight assigned to this object.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnadorned black lacquer of this caliber has no second purpose. It exists for the tea room.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[ DETAILS ]\u003cbr\u003e• Type: Kuro oo-natsume (large black lacquer tea caddy)\u003cbr\u003e• Decoration: None — shin-nuri (mirror-finish black lacquer)\u003cbr\u003e• Authentication: Box inscription by 久田宗也 (Hisada Soya), Urasenke Hisada family\u003cbr\u003e• Interior: Red calligraphic mark on lid interior\u003cbr\u003e• Provenance: Three-layer signed storage box\u003cbr\u003e• Dimensions: Height approx. 7.4 cm, diameter approx. 7.4 cm\u003cbr\u003e• Condition: Excellent; lacquer surface shows no visible wear\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[ CULTURAL INSIGHT ]\u003cbr\u003eThe Hisada family occupies a particular position within Urasenke: a branch family whose authentication carries force precisely because it is not issued casually. Hisada Soya's kakitsuke on this box is not merely identification — it is a reading of the object's quality against the standard of a lineage that has handled more black natsume than most institutions have catalogued.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[ DEEP DIVE ]\u003cbr\u003eIn the tea room, unadorned black lacquer does not recede — it concentrates. Without a painted scene, without applied gold, the eye is directed entirely to surface quality: the depth of the lacquer layers, the precision of the polish, the geometry of the form. Shin-nuri natsume of this grade achieves reflection without glare — the room appears in the surface as a thought rather than a mirror image. The three-layer box construction is itself a form of authentication: it indicates that the original maker, the authenticating master, and the storage tradition all considered this object worth the investment of time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e【久田宗也書付 黒大棗 裏千家】\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e真塗黒大棗。裏千家久田家・久田宗也の書付箱（三重箱）付き。内蓋に朱書き。装飾のない黒漆の完成形。\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\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":61687518134642,"sku":"260318_a_2530","price":1217.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/5680\/3698\/files\/m83670287813_1.jpg?v=1774106231","url":"https:\/\/checkout.themodernzenarchive.com\/products\/hisada-soya-certified-kuro-oo-natsume-urasenke-black-lacquer","provider":"The Modern Zen Archive","version":"1.0","type":"link"}