A tea bowl by Matsumoto Manabu in the Mushiake-yaki tradition of Okayama — gray stoneware painted with bamboo leaves in iron pigment. The brushwork is direct and unrevised. Bamboo in tea culture represents resilience, flexibility, and the way things that bend do not break.
🔹 [ BASIC DETAILS ] • Artist: Matsumoto Manabu • Technique: Mushiake-yaki iron painting • Era: Contemporary • Origin: Okayama • Dimensions: Noted in images with scale reference • Box: Signed tomobako with certificate • Condition: Excellent — no chips, cracks, or repairs
The Mushiake kiln has operated in Akaiwamura, Okayama since the Edo period — a rural tradition that maintained functional beauty far from the capital's attention. This bowl carries the ceramic stamps of both the kiln and the artist. Tomobako and certificate present.
The iron lines hold what ink cannot. This is a bowl that rewards continued use.
🔹 [ SHIPPING & PACKAGING ] • Dispatch: Within 1-6 business days • Carrier: Japan Post EMS / UPS (with tracking) • Packaging: Carefully wrapped with protective materials
