{"product_id":"kiyomizuyaki-black-raku-chawan-chinenno-midori-young-pine-motif-with-inscription-box","title":"Kiyomizuyaki Black Raku Chawan \"Chinenno Midori\" — Young Pine Motif with Inscription Box","description":"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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e#kiyomizuyaki chawan #black raku tea bowl #young pine motif #chinenno midori #matcha bowl japan #kakiotoshi technique #inscription box chawan #japanese tea ceremony #kuro chawan pine #wabi aesthetics matcha\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e【 Basic Details 】\u003cbr\u003e• Style: Kiyomizuyaki Kuro Raku Chawan (清水焼 黒楽茶碗)\u003cbr\u003e• Kiln \/ Artist: Seiraku (清楽)\u003cbr\u003e• Name (銘): Chinenno Midori (千年翠 — Thousand-Year Green)\u003cbr\u003e• Motif: Wakamatsu (若松 — young pine branches)\u003cbr\u003e• Dimensions: Width approx. 11.8 cm, height approx. 8.3 cm\u003cbr\u003e• Inscription box (書付箱) — master authenticated\u003cbr\u003e• Condition: Good; consistent with age\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e【 Cultural Insight 】\u003cbr\u003eWakamatsu — 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e【 Deep Dive 】\u003cbr\u003eSeiraku (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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e【 Japanese 】\u003cbr\u003e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。\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":61649479172466,"sku":"260307_a_2386","price":984.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/5680\/3698\/files\/m27038095459_1.jpg?v=1773129196","url":"https:\/\/checkout.themodernzenarchive.com\/products\/kiyomizuyaki-black-raku-chawan-chinenno-midori-young-pine-motif-with-inscription-box","provider":"The Modern Zen Archive","version":"1.0","type":"link"}