{"product_id":"irabo-glaze-tea-bowl-by-kozo-earthy-cylindrical-chawan-with-signed-box","title":"Irabo Glaze Tea Bowl by Kōzō - Earthy Cylindrical Chawan with Signed Box","description":"Experience authentic Japanese tea culture with this Irabo Glaze Tea Bowl. This Japanese Matcha Chawan serves as a Studio Potter Ceramic and Irabo Glaze Stoneware, featuring Rough Granular Texture and Feldspar Inclusions—a must-have for any Art Collector seeking Wabi Sabi Tea Accessories and Rustic Japanese Pottery with a Signed Wooden Box.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ BASIC DETAILS ]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e• Artist: Kōzō (光造)\u003cbr\u003e• Technique: Irabo glaze (伊良保釉) on stoneware body\u003cbr\u003e• Era: Contemporary (likely 2000s–2020s)\u003cbr\u003e• Origin: Japan\u003cbr\u003e• Dimensions: 12 cm (4.7\") diameter × 9 cm (3.5\") height\u003cbr\u003e• Box: Signed tomobako — lid reads \"伊羅保釉 茶盌\" with artist signature \"光造\" and red seal\u003cbr\u003e• Condition: Good\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ CULTURAL \u0026amp; ARTISTIC INSIGHT ]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIrabo ware traces its lineage to the Korean Yi dynasty tea bowls that entered Japan during the Momoyama period. The name itself — 伊良保 or 伊羅保 — is thought to derive from the rough, granular surface texture that defines the style: a tactile quality the Japanese tea world came to treasure precisely because it resisted refinement.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWithin the Korean-influenced tea bowl lineage (Kōrai chawan), irabo occupies a distinctive position. It is neither the elegant smoothness of ido nor the dramatic fire-marks of hakeme. Irabo declares itself through texture — through the density of earth in the hand.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*\"The surface refuses to be smooth. That refusal is the entire statement.\"*\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ DEEP-DIVE COMMENTARY ]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**Irabo Glaze Character**: The irabo glaze on this bowl presents a spectrum from olive-brown to dark greenish-brown across the upper two-thirds of the vessel. The rough, granular surface contains scattered feldspar inclusions — white mineral fragments that create constellations of contrast against the dark ground. This is not a glaze designed to conceal the clay; it is a glaze that collaborates with it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**The Exposed Body**: The lower third of the bowl deliberately exposes the unglazed clay body — a warm terracotta-salmon tone that grounds the piece in earth. This transition from glazed to unglazed is a signature of the irabo tradition, creating a visual dialogue between the transformed (fire-touched) and the raw (earth-held).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**Cylindrical Form**: The upright, cylindrical profile with an irregular organic rim reflects a commitment to the wabi aesthetic — the bowl was shaped by hand, not by an ideal. The slight asymmetry of the rim invites the tea practitioner to rotate the bowl and discover its individual face.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**The Potter's Approach**: Kōzō demonstrates a clear understanding of the irabo tradition — the glaze thickness, the deliberate exposure of the clay foot, the restraint of form. This is a bowl made by someone who has studied what irabo demands and answered with discipline rather than display.\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：光造\u003cbr\u003e• 技法：伊良保釉\u003cbr\u003e• 時代：現代\u003cbr\u003e• 産地：日本\u003cbr\u003e• 寸法：径約12cm × 高さ約9cm\u003cbr\u003e• 付属：共箱（箱蓋に「伊羅保釉 茶盌」、「光造」署名・朱印）\u003cbr\u003e• 状態：良好\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e【解説】\u003cbr\u003e伊良保釉は朝鮮李朝茶碗に起源を持ち、桃山時代に日本の茶の湯に取り入れられた釉薬。その名はざらりとした粗い表面質感に由来するとされる。\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e本作は上部三分の二にオリーブ褐色から暗緑褐色の伊良保釉がかかり、長石の粒が白い星のように散在する。下部三分の一は素地の温かいテラコッタ色を見せ、釉薬と土の対話が生まれている。\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e筒形の端正な姿に不整形の口縁が侘びの趣を添える。伊良保の伝統を理解した上で、誠実に焼き上げた一碗。\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*Olive glaze over salmon earth — the bowl holds two landscapes in one hand.*","brand":"The Modern Zen Archive","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":61610943086962,"sku":"260220_2026","price":514.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/5680\/3698\/files\/m77330383421_1.jpg?v=1771644889","url":"https:\/\/checkout.themodernzenarchive.com\/products\/irabo-glaze-tea-bowl-by-kozo-earthy-cylindrical-chawan-with-signed-box","provider":"The Modern Zen Archive","version":"1.0","type":"link"}