{"product_id":"iro-e-suma-akashi-chawan-by-wada-myozan-kyo-yaki-overglaze-landscape-tea-bowl","title":"Iro-e Suma Akashi Chawan by Wada Myozan | Kyo-yaki Overglaze Landscape Tea Bowl","description":"Experience Authentic Kyo-yaki Tea Ceremony Art with this Iro-e Chawan. This Wada Myozan creation serves as a Suma Akashi Landscape vessel and Overglaze Enamel Bowl, featuring Gold Cloud Painting and Pine Wave Scenery — a compelling Kyo-yaki Tea Bowl for any Japanese Tea Ceremony collector seeking a Signed Tomobako Box.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ Basic Details ]\u003cbr\u003e• Artist: Wada Myozan (和田妙山), Myozan kiln\u003cbr\u003e• Technique: Iro-e (overglaze enamel) — gold, green, blue, red on cream body\u003cbr\u003e• Era: Contemporary (2000–2006)\u003cbr\u003e• Origin: Kyoto, Japan\u003cbr\u003e• Dimensions: Height approx. 8 cm, Rim diameter approx. 11.7 cm, Foot diameter approx. 4.8 cm\u003cbr\u003e• Box: Four-sided signed tomobako with pamphlet and yellow cloth\u003cbr\u003e• Condition: Excellent — enamel intact, vivid coloring throughout\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ Cultural \u0026amp; Artistic Insight ]\u003cbr\u003eSuma and Akashi are chapters from The Tale of Genji — and landscapes that have haunted Japanese poetry for a thousand years. Wada Myozan painted them onto this chawan in the Kyo-yaki tradition: gold clouds frame vignettes of moonlit sea, green pines lean toward cresting waves, and the quiet shore extends beyond the rim.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe back of the bowl opens to near-emptiness — pale cream broken only by small gold cloud medallions. This contrast between narrative richness and deliberate silence is a compositional decision rooted in centuries of Kyoto ceramic practice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The landscape wraps halfway, then stops — leaving the viewer to complete the scenery in their own hands.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ Deep-Dive Commentary ]\u003cbr\u003eKyo-yaki iro-e work represents the pinnacle of Japanese overglaze enamel painting. The technique requires multiple firings — the base body first, then successive enamel layers at progressively lower temperatures. Gold is applied last, demanding the most precise hand.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Suma-Akashi motif carries literary weight that transcends decoration. Prince Genji's exile to Suma and his sojourn in Akashi form the emotional pivot of Murasaki Shikibu's novel — themes of loss, beauty found in solitude, and the persistence of refined sensibility in remote places. A tea bowl bearing this scenery transforms the tea gathering into a literary encounter.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe scalloped gold clouds (kumo-gata) that frame each scene are a classical compositional device from Yamato-e painting, here translated into ceramic enamel with confident brushwork.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[ JAPANESE DESCRIPTION \/ 日本語解説 ]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ 基本情報 ]\u003cbr\u003e• 作家：和田妙山（妙山窯）\u003cbr\u003e• 技法：色絵（金彩・緑・青・赤の上絵付）\u003cbr\u003e• 時代：現代（2000〜2006年頃）\u003cbr\u003e• 産地：京都\u003cbr\u003e• 寸法：高さ約8cm、口径約11.7cm、高台径約4.8cm\u003cbr\u003e• 箱：四方桟共箱・栞・黄布付\u003cbr\u003e• 状態：美品\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ 文化的・芸術的解説 ]\u003cbr\u003e須磨・明石は源氏物語の舞台であり、千年にわたり日本の詩歌に詠まれてきた名勝です。和田妙山氏は京焼の色絵技法でこの風景を茶碗に写しました。金雲が月下の海と緑松の情景を区切り、裏面は薄いクリーム地に小さな金雲の散らしのみ——物語の豊かさと沈黙の対比が、京焼の構成美を体現しています。\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":61623843520882,"sku":"260227_a_2125","price":649.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/5680\/3698\/files\/m58604598364_1.jpg?v=1772186311","url":"https:\/\/checkout.themodernzenarchive.com\/products\/iro-e-suma-akashi-chawan-by-wada-myozan-kyo-yaki-overglaze-landscape-tea-bowl","provider":"The Modern Zen Archive","version":"1.0","type":"link"}