{"product_id":"ito-keiraku-aka-raku-chawan-kenniji-abbot-takeda-ekishu-inscription","title":"Ito Keiraku Aka-Raku Chawan, Kenniji Abbot Takeda Ekishu Inscription","description":"[ THE OBJECT ]\u003cbr\u003eAka-raku tea bowl by Ito Keiraku (伊東桂楽), bearing the formal inscription (kakitsuke) of Takeda Ekishu (竹田益州, 1896–1989), 135th abbot of Kenniji temple, Kyoto. The bowl is named \"おとずれ\" (Otozure — a visit, an arrival). Bold, assertive form with an irregular rim. The surface carries dramatic interplay of dark glaze over red clay body.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[ BASIC DETAILS ]\u003cbr\u003e• Artist: Ito Keiraku (伊東桂楽)\u003cbr\u003e• Inscription: Takeda Ekishu, 135th Kenniji Kancho — mei \"おとずれ\" (Otozure)\u003cbr\u003e• Technique: Aka-raku (red raku)\u003cbr\u003e• Dimensions: Width 12 cm × Height 8.5 cm\u003cbr\u003e• Condition: With original box and inscription documents\u003cbr\u003e• Period: 1980s\u003cbr\u003e• SKU: 260228_a_2179\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[ CULTURAL CONTEXT ]\u003cbr\u003eA kakitsuke (書付) — a named inscription by a recognized Zen authority — is among the highest forms of certification in tea ceramics. Takeda Ekishu was one of the most distinguished Zen masters of twentieth-century Japan, whose inscriptions on chawan are documented across major tea collections. His naming of this bowl \"Otozure\" — the sense of something arriving, of a presence making itself known — carries the weight of a practiced lifetime in contemplative culture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[ DEEPER READING ]\u003cbr\u003eIto Keiraku's form here resists the gentle. The rim holds its own irregularity without apology; the dark glaze moves over red clay with the logic of weather rather than ornament. This is not a bowl designed to please at first glance — it is designed to hold its ground across years of use. The mei \"Otozure\" deepens that proposition. Ekishu did not name objects lightly. The word suggests not an event but a quality: the sense that something has come to be present. In the tea room, that naming becomes instruction for how to hold the bowl and what to notice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[ 日本語解説 ]\u003cbr\u003e伊東桂楽作の赤楽茶碗です。建仁寺管長・竹田益州（1896-1989）の書付が付き、銘は「おとずれ」。益州老師の書付は茶道具における最高の保証のひとつであり、この茶碗の文化的重みを明確に示しています。赤い土に濃い窯変が重なる力強いフォルムで、1980年代の作品です。\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":61626883703154,"sku":"260228_a_2179","price":949.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/5680\/3698\/files\/m41290832349_1.jpg?v=1772290687","url":"https:\/\/checkout.themodernzenarchive.com\/products\/ito-keiraku-aka-raku-chawan-kenniji-abbot-takeda-ekishu-inscription","provider":"The Modern Zen Archive","version":"1.0","type":"link"}