{"product_id":"kato-hakka-yamazakura-chawan-iro-e-cherry-blossom-tea-bowl-kyo-yaki-kyoto-ceramics-tomobako-japanese-tea-ceremony","title":"Kato Hakka Yamazakura Chawan — Iro-e Cherry Blossom Tea Bowl, Kyo-yaki Kyoto Ceramics, Tomobako, Japanese Tea Ceremony","description":"Kato Hakka yamazakura chawan. Iro-e cherry blossom tea bowl. Kyo-yaki Kyoto ceramics. Tomobako. Japanese tea ceremony. Overglaze enamel. Gold accent. Spring chawan. Kato Jōsui. Signed tea bowl.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ BASIC DETAILS ]\u003cbr\u003e• Artist: Kato Hakka (also known as Kato Jōsui)\u003cbr\u003e• Tradition: Kyo-yaki \/ Kiyomizu-yaki, Kyoto\u003cbr\u003e• Dimensions: Diameter 11.7 cm, Height 8.1 cm\u003cbr\u003e• Condition: Excellent — no chips, cracks, or repairs\u003cbr\u003e• Provenance: Tomobako (original wooden box) with artist biography (sakureki)\u003cbr\u003e• SKU: 260228_a_2184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ CULTURAL INSIGHT ]\u003cbr\u003eThe yamazakura — mountain cherry — is not the cultivated Yoshino variety that lines riverbanks in spring. It grows wild, its blossoms opening alongside new leaves in a quieter, less theatrical gesture. For Japanese artists and tea practitioners, this distinction carries weight. The yamazakura speaks of something unhurried, of nature on its own terms.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKato Hakka, working within the Kyo-yaki lineage under the name Kato Jōsui, renders the yamazakura in iro-e — the overglaze enamel tradition that reached its height in Edo-period Kyoto. Pink and white petals are applied with a precision that reads, at a distance, as effortless. Gold-accented branches trace the curvature of the bowl. Petals scatter. The composition breathes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ DEEP-DIVE ]\u003cbr\u003eKyo-yaki (京焼) encompasses the refined ceramic traditions of Kyoto kilns, shaped over centuries by proximity to the imperial court, tea masters, and the Nishijin textile aesthetic. Iro-e (色絵) — literally \"colored pictures\" — is the overglaze painting technique that distinguished Kyoto ceramics from the restrained monochromes of the tea ceremony's earlier Zen-influenced period. Here, color is not decoration. It is argument.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe cream-white ground of this chawan provides the stillness against which the yamazakura speaks. Gold is used not to dazzle but to anchor — outlining branches, tracing the scatter of petals falling across the bowl's shoulder. The interior, seen when lifted to drink, reveals the same unhurried attention. A bowl made for looking into, as much as drinking from.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe tomobako carries the artist's inscription: 山桜絵 茶碗 \/ 八佳. The accompanying sakureki (作歴) documents the artist's lineage and training. These are not supplementary materials. They are part of the object's meaning.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ 日本語解説 ]\u003cbr\u003e加藤八佳（加藤如水）作の色絵山桜茶碗です。京焼・清水焼の伝統に根ざし、白地に金彩と色絵で山桜を繊細に描いています。花びらが舞い散る構図は風雅そのもの。共箱には「山桜絵 茶碗 八佳」の銘があり、作歴も付属します。春の茶席はもちろん、飾り茶碗としても存在感を放つ一碗です。\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":61626885407090,"sku":"260228_a_2184","price":1059.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/5680\/3698\/files\/m23395928418_1.jpg?v=1772291332","url":"https:\/\/checkout.themodernzenarchive.com\/products\/kato-hakka-yamazakura-chawan-iro-e-cherry-blossom-tea-bowl-kyo-yaki-kyoto-ceramics-tomobako-japanese-tea-ceremony","provider":"The Modern Zen Archive","version":"1.0","type":"link"}