{"product_id":"honami-mitsutaka-shino-guinomi-iron-glaze-grass-motif-sake-cup-with-signed-box","title":"Hon'ami Mitsutaka Shino Guinomi - Iron Glaze Grass Motif Sake Cup with Signed Box","description":"Experience authentic Japanese Shino ware with this Hon'ami Mitsutaka Shino Guinomi. This Iron Glaze Sake Cup serves as a Hon'ami Kiln Masterwork and Mino Ware Tradition, featuring Grass Motif Design and Koetsu Lineage Heritage—a must-have for any Art Collector seeking Japanese Ceramics and Wabi Sabi Sake Vessels.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ BASIC DETAILS ]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e• Artist: Hon'ami Mitsutaka (本阿弥光隆) — Hon'ami Kiln (本阿弥窯)\u003cbr\u003e• Type: Guinomi (ぐい呑) — sake cup\u003cbr\u003e• Technique: Shino ware (志野焼) — iron-rich reddish Shino glaze with incised grass motif\u003cbr\u003e• Era: Contemporary\u003cbr\u003e• Origin: Mino region, Japan\u003cbr\u003e• Dimensions: Dia approx. 6.6 cm × H approx. 4.7 cm\u003cbr\u003e• Box: Tomobako (signed 本阿弥窯) with cloth wrapper\u003cbr\u003e• Condition: Excellent\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ CULTURAL \u0026amp; ARTISTIC INSIGHT ]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Hon'ami family name carries immense cultural weight in Japanese art history. Hon'ami Koetsu (1558–1637) — swordsmith, calligrapher, ceramicist, and Rinpa co-founder — created tea bowls that remain among the most celebrated in all of Japanese ceramics. His descendants continue this lineage through the Hon'ami Kiln, where each piece carries the accumulated knowledge of generations devoted to material and form.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis guinomi embodies the Hon'ami kiln's distinctive approach to Shino ware — not the typical white feldspathic Shino, but a deeply iron-rich variant that glows with warm reddish-brown tones. Against this dusky surface, a delicate grass motif (草文 \/ kusa-mon) emerges in lighter registers, painted or incised with the kind of restraint that only comes from deep familiarity with the medium. The motif does not decorate — it inhabits.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe tomobako reads \"Hon'ami Kiln,\" yet the ceramic seal identifies this specifically as the work of Mitsutaka. This distinction matters: it locates the piece within both a collective tradition and an individual hand.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*\"A single blade of grass, rendered in clay and fire — carrying the silence of four hundred years.\"*\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ DEEP-DIVE COMMENTARY ]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**Shino Lineage**: Shino ware originated in the Mino region during the Momoyama period (late 16th century) and was among the first Japanese ceramics to use feldspathic glaze. The Hon'ami kiln's iron-rich Shino variant stands apart — where classic Shino tends toward milky white, this interpretation draws on the deep ochre and umber tones of iron oxide, creating a surface that feels ancient even when newly fired.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**The Grass Motif (草文)**: Kusa-mon is one of the oldest and most understated motifs in Japanese ceramic tradition. A few spare strokes suggesting grass or reeds — nothing more. In tea aesthetics, this economy communicates volumes. The motif on this guinomi appears almost reluctantly, as if the grass had always been there beneath the glaze, merely waiting to surface.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**Koetsu Connection**: Hon'ami Koetsu's tea bowls — Fuji-san, Amagumo, Shigure — are designated National Treasures and Important Cultural Properties. While centuries separate Mitsutaka from Koetsu, the philosophical continuity is evident: a belief that clay vessels can hold meaning beyond function, that the hand of the maker imprints something irreducible into the material.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**Form \u0026amp; Function**: At 6.6 cm diameter and 4.7 cm height, this guinomi sits comfortably in the palm. The white clay foot reveals red-orange oxide at the base, a geological signature of Mino clay that grounds the piece in its origin. This is a cup meant to be held, turned, considered — the kind of object that deepens with repeated encounter.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ 日本語解説 ]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e【基本情報】\u003cbr\u003e• 作家：本阿弥光隆（本阿弥窯）\u003cbr\u003e• 技法：志野焼 — 鉄釉系の赤志野に草文\u003cbr\u003e• 時代：現代\u003cbr\u003e• 産地：美濃\u003cbr\u003e• 寸法：径 約6.6cm × 高 約4.7cm\u003cbr\u003e• 付属：共箱（「本阿弥窯」署名）・布包み\u003cbr\u003e• 状態：良好\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e【解説】\u003cbr\u003e箱書は「本阿弥窯」とありますが、陶印から本阿弥光隆の作と確認できます。本阿弥の名は、刀剣鑑定の名門として室町時代に遡り、とりわけ本阿弥光悦は茶碗「不二山」「雨雲」等の名品を遺した巨匠として知られています。その血脈を受け継ぐ本阿弥窯の志野は、一般的な白志野とは趣を異にし、鉄分を多く含んだ赤味の強い釉調が特徴です。\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e深い赤褐色の地肌に、はかなげな草文がそっと佇んでいます。この控えめな意匠こそ、茶の湯の美意識が求める「余白の力」そのものです。掌に収まる小ぶりな器体ながら、高台に覗く白土と赤橙色の酸化鉄が、美濃の土味を静かに主張しています。\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e本阿弥光悦から数百年を隔てた現代にあっても、土と火と手の対話を通じて「器に宿るもの」を追い求める姿勢は変わりません。一碗の酒杯に凝縮された、本阿弥の精神をどうぞお手元でお感じください。\u003cbr\u003e\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*Where iron meets earth and a blade of grass holds its breath — the Hon'ami tradition, distilled into a single cup.*","brand":"The Modern Zen Archive","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":61591649911154,"sku":"260113_a_1492","price":677.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/5680\/3698\/files\/m75152457486_1.jpg?v=1770951410","url":"https:\/\/checkout.themodernzenarchive.com\/products\/honami-mitsutaka-shino-guinomi-iron-glaze-grass-motif-sake-cup-with-signed-box","provider":"The Modern Zen Archive","version":"1.0","type":"link"}