{"product_id":"kiritake-maki-e-large-natsume-tea-caddy-by-horinouchi-sowan-omotesenke-grand-master-box-inscription-signed-paulownia-box","title":"Kiritake Maki-e Large Natsume Tea Caddy by Horinouchi Sōwan - Omotesenke Grand Master Box Inscription, Signed Paulownia Box","description":"Experience Authentic Japan Art with this Horinouchi Sōwan Natsume Tea Caddy. This Kiritake Maki-e Lacquer Natsume serves as a Japanese Tea Ceremony Chaki and Omotesenke Hakogaki Chaki, featuring Paulownia Bamboo Maki-e and Signed Paulownia Tomobako—a must-have for any Japanese Antique Collector and Chanoyu Tea Master.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ BASIC DETAILS ]\u003cbr\u003e• Artist: Horinouchi Sōwan (Kenchūsai \/ Chōseiken), 12th-generation head of the Tokyo Horinouchi family, Omotesenke lineage — box inscription by Yasumitsu\u003cbr\u003e• Technique: Kiritake maki-e (paulownia and bamboo gold lacquer) on jet-black urushi ground, with fine-grained gold and nashiji shading\u003cbr\u003e• Era: Late Shōwa to Heisei period (Before 2007)\u003cbr\u003e• Origin: Kyoto \/ Tokyo, Japan — Omotesenke Horinouchi lineage\u003cbr\u003e• Dimensions: Height approx. 7.3 cm, Diameter approx. 7.4 cm (ō-natsume, large size)\u003cbr\u003e• Box: Original signed paulownia tomobako (kiribako), three-board lidded amamori-zukuri construction, inscribed \"Kiritake maki-e ō-natsume\" with Horinouchi Sōwan's hand and seal\u003cbr\u003e• Condition: Museum-grade. No notable chips, scratches, or lacquer loss. Gold remains vivid and unrubbed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ CULTURAL \u0026amp; ARTISTIC INSIGHT ]\u003cbr\u003eThe natsume — named for the jujube fruit whose silhouette it borrows — is the most intimate of all chaki (tea containers), reserved for usucha (thin tea) and held close to the guest's eye throughout the ceremony. This example is an ō-natsume (large natsume), the most formal proportion within the family, its swelling shoulder and quietly tapered base lending the host's gesture a slow, declarative weight.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOver a ground of mirror-black roiro urushi, the maki (sown gold) rises in two tones: smooth kin-maki-e for the bamboo stalks and young leaves, and textured nashiji-gold for the paulownia foliage, where fine grains catch the light like morning dew on lacquered bark. Paulownia and bamboo (kiritake) together form one of the oldest auspicious pairings in Japanese court and tea iconography — paulownia signalling nobility and renewal, bamboo signalling resilience and the unbroken spine of winter.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe dark resin breathes beneath the gold; the leaves float as if seen at dusk.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ DEEP-DIVE COMMENTARY ]\u003cbr\u003eThe true cultural weight of this piece lies not only in the lacquer but in the hakogaki — the box inscription by Horinouchi Sōwan (Kenchūsai, also named Chōseiken), the 12th-generation head of the Tokyo branch of the Horinouchi family. The Horinouchi are one of the principal senke lineages of Omotesenke, serving as chashitsu elders (rōshi) who authenticate tea utensils for the grand tradition. A hakogaki from this house does not merely confirm attribution; it elevates the vessel's rank within the tea room itself, permitting its use in formal chaji at the highest register.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMaki-e on natsume is executed in stages: the base is built up through dozens of layers of polished roiro lacquer, each cured for days in a humid muro chamber. The design is drawn in wet urushi with a fine rat-hair brush (nezumi-fude), then gold powder of graded fineness is sown onto the tacky surface. The work is re-lacquered, re-polished, and burnished with charcoal and deer antler until the gold sits flush with the black.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor the advanced collector, a Horinouchi-signed chaki is a reference point: it anchors a collection in documented Omotesenke provenance, bridging the Kyoto mothership and its Tokyo cultural extension. It is equally at home on a shelf of connoisseurship and inside a live tea practice — a rare double life for an object of this rank.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe tomobako is of the preferred amamori (three-board top) construction, the joinery clean, the ribbon (sanada-himo) channel crisp. The vessel survives in a state that suggests careful storage rather than use — a collector's piece first, a tea practitioner's privilege second.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ JAPANESE DESCRIPTION \/ 日本語解説 ]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ 基本情報 ]\u003cbr\u003e• 作家: 堀内宗完（兼中斎・長生軒） — 表千家流 東京堀内家 十二代。箱書は康光の署名・印\u003cbr\u003e• 技法: 黒呂色漆地に桐竹蒔絵（金蒔・梨子地金を併用した濃淡蒔絵）\u003cbr\u003e• 時代: 昭和後期〜平成期（2007年以前）\u003cbr\u003e• 産地・流派: 京都／東京 表千家 堀内家系\u003cbr\u003e• 寸法: 高さ約7.3cm、径約7.4cm（大棗）\u003cbr\u003e• 共箱: 桐共箱、天盛り三枚組、「桐竹蒔絵大棗」と自筆書付・印あり\u003cbr\u003e• 状態: 極美品。目立つ傷・擦れ・漆の剥がれなし。金の輝きも衰えず。\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ 文化的・美術的考察 ]\u003cbr\u003e棗は、その名が示す果実「棗（ジュジュベ）」の形に由来する、茶道具のなかで最も親密な器です。薄茶器として客の膝近くに置かれ、点前の所作をもっとも近距離で見つめられる存在。本作は棗のなかでも最も格の高い大棗の姿で、肩の張りと静かに絞られた胴が、亭主の所作にゆるやかな重みを添えます。\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e鏡のような黒呂色漆の地に、金は二つの調子で蒔かれています。竹の幹と若葉には平らかな金蒔絵を、桐の葉には梨子地金を用い、細かな粒が朝霧をまとった葉脈のように光を受ける。桐と竹（きりたけ）の取り合わせは、日本の宮廷と茶の意匠における最古の瑞祥の対であり、桐は高貴と更新を、竹は不屈と冬の背骨を表します。\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e黒い漆は金の下でしずかに呼吸し、葉は夕暮れに見るように浮かびます。\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ 上級者向け詳細解説 ]\u003cbr\u003eこの作の真価は蒔絵そのものだけでなく、堀内宗完（兼中斎・長生軒）による箱書にあります。東京堀内家十二代、表千家の道具を見立て書付する老師の一人であり、その家の書付は単なる極めではなく、茶席における格そのものを一段引き上げるものです。格式の高い茶事の正式な席に用いることが許される、という実質的な意味を持ちます。\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e棗の蒔絵は多段の工程を踏みます。まず呂色漆を何十層にも塗り重ね、湿度を保った室（むろ）で一層ごとに乾燥させます。下絵を鼠毛の細筆で漆描きし、粘りが残るうちに粒度を揃えた金粉を蒔く。さらに漆を塗り直して研ぎ出し、炭と鹿角の粉で磨き上げて、金と黒が一枚の平面になるまで仕上げます。\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e上級の収集家にとって、堀内家書付の茶器は一つの基準点となります。表千家の京都本流と、その文化的な枝である東京堀内家をつなぐ来歴を持ち、コレクションの棚にも、実際の茶席にも等しく納まる。この二重の生を持つ道具は、この格では稀です。\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e共箱は天盛り三枚組、端正な組み、真田紐の溝も鋭く切られています。使用というより丁寧に保管されてきた状態で、収集家の器として第一に、茶人の器として第二に選ばれるべき一碗です。\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":61795334717810,"sku":"260422_a_2752","price":1908.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/5680\/3698\/files\/m36482777031_1.jpg?v=1776868962","url":"https:\/\/checkout.themodernzenarchive.com\/products\/kiritake-maki-e-large-natsume-tea-caddy-by-horinouchi-sowan-omotesenke-grand-master-box-inscription-signed-paulownia-box","provider":"The Modern Zen Archive","version":"1.0","type":"link"}