Kiyomizuyaki Black Raku Chawan "Chinenno Midori" — Young Pine Motif with Inscription Box

A Kiyomizu-yaki black raku tea bowl bearing the name "Chinenno Midori" — Thousand-Year Green. Young pine needles are incised through the black glaze in a technique called kakiotoshi — scratch-through. Gold and silver traces remain caught in the cuts. This bowl holds a forest.

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【 Basic Details 】
• Style: Kiyomizuyaki Kuro Raku Chawan (清水焼 黒楽茶碗)
• Kiln / Artist: Seiraku (清楽)
• Name (銘): Chinenno Midori (千年翠 — Thousand-Year Green)
• Motif: Wakamatsu (若松 — young pine branches)
• Dimensions: Width approx. 11.8 cm, height approx. 8.3 cm
• Inscription box (書付箱) — master authenticated
• Condition: Good; consistent with age

【 Cultural Insight 】
Wakamatsu — young pine — is one of the foundational motifs of Japanese ceremonial art. Pine does not change with the seasons: it carries the year entire, from new snow through summer heat. On a tea bowl, young pine evokes the beginning of the tea year, the first formal gathering, the freshness within continuity. The name Chinenno Midori (千年翠) — thousand-year green — declares this: green that does not end.

The kakiotoshi technique (掻き落とし) — scratching through a glaze layer before firing to expose the clay body — was used here with exceptional precision. Each pine needle is an individual cut. The gold and silver inlay caught in the grooves is characteristic of Kiyomizuyaki's gilded refinement: Kyoto's instinct to add just enough.

【 Deep Dive 】
Seiraku (清楽) is a Kyoto kiln working in the lineage of Kiyomizuyaki — the ceramic tradition that served the imperial court and Kyoto's tea masters for centuries. Black raku from this kiln combines the hand-forming tradition of Raku ware with the decorative refinement of Kyoto craft. The foot-ring on this bowl is deliberately exposed, showing the warm ochre clay beneath — a deliberate contrast to the black surface, a moment of warmth at the base of something austere.

【 Japanese 】
清水焼・清楽による黒楽茶碗。若松の枝葉を掻き落とし技法で描き、金銀が黒地に映える。銘「千年翠」は松の永遠性を詠む。書付箱付きの格調高い京焼。

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