{"product_id":"kakuya-ikkei-living-national-treasure-mandaiyu-kama-iron-tea-kettle-tomobako","title":"Kakuya Ikkei Living National Treasure Mandaiyu Kama Iron Tea Kettle Tomobako","description":"A Mandaiyu-gama iron tea kettle cast by Kakuya Ikkei (角谷一圭, 1904–1999), designated Living National Treasure (Ningen Kokuho) in 1980 for his mastery of iron kettle casting. The form is robust and settled — a wide-shouldered body on a compact base, the entire surface articulated in arare (hailstone) texture, a field of small iron bosses that transforms the act of firelight into an infinity of small shadows. Two iron bail rings hang from lion-mask lugs at the shoulders. The lid is fitted with a polished spherical tsumaみ.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe piece comes in its original shiho-san tomobako, brushwork reading 萬代屋釜 (Mandaiyu-gama) with the artist's signature and seal. The box lid shows a slight warp — the kettle itself is in honest, structurally sound condition appropriate to a working art object.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e▸ Type: Chagama (tea ceremony iron kettle), Mandaiyu-gama form\u003cbr\u003e▸ Artist: Kakuya Ikkei (角谷一圭), Living National Treasure (designated 1980)\u003cbr\u003e▸ Technique: Iron casting, arare (hailstone) ground texture\u003cbr\u003e▸ Dimensions: Height approx. 20 cm, mouth diameter approx. 10.5 cm, base diameter approx. 12.2 cm\u003cbr\u003e▸ Fittings: Iron bail rings (kama-kan) with lion-mask lugs\u003cbr\u003e▸ Box: Shiho-san tomobako, signed and sealed (lid has slight warp)\u003cbr\u003e▸ Condition: Honest working condition, box lid warped\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e◆ Kakuya Ikkei — The Weight of Authorship\u003cbr\u003eKakuya Ikkei stands among the handful of iron casters whose work has been formally recognized as National Intangible Cultural Property. Born in Osaka in 1904, he trained under the釜師 lineage and developed a body of work that renewed classical kettle forms without nostalgia. His arare-textured kettles are among the most studied examples of the genre — present in museum collections, documented in the literature of chado. To own a signed Kakuya Ikkei kettle is to hold something that the field considers significant.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e◆ The Mandaiyu Form\u003cbr\u003eThe Mandaiyu-gama (萬代屋釜) takes its name from a tea merchant's shop — a form associated with a wide, settled silhouette and the arare ground. It is a kettle that does not announce itself but accumulates presence through use.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e◆ Living National Treasure Designation\u003cbr\u003eJapan's Ningen Kokuho system preserves not objects but people — the embodied knowledge of master craftspeople. Kakuya Ikkei's designation places his work in the same formal category as Raku Kichizaemon, Hamada Shoji, and a small number of ceramicists and lacquer artists whose skills the nation has determined must not be lost.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e【日本語説明】\u003cbr\u003e人間国宝・角谷一圭造の萬代屋釜。霰地紋の重厚な鉄釜。釜環付き。四方桟共箱（蓋に反りあり）。高さ約20cm、口径約10.5cm、底径約12.2cm。昭和55年(1980年)人間国宝指定。\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":61633044644210,"sku":"260302_a_2297","price":3851.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/5680\/3698\/files\/m27897928295_1.jpg?v=1772637352","url":"https:\/\/checkout.themodernzenarchive.com\/products\/kakuya-ikkei-living-national-treasure-mandaiyu-kama-iron-tea-kettle-tomobako","provider":"The Modern Zen Archive","version":"1.0","type":"link"}