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Mumyōi-yaki Yuzamashi Water Cooler | Sekisui Kiln Sado Island | Mountain Landscape | Signed Box
Mumyōi-yaki Yuzamashi Water Cooler | Sekisui Kiln Sado Island | Mountain Landscape | Signed Box
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Red earth from an island, shaped to hold the pause between boiling and pouring.
🔹 [ Cultural & Artistic Insight ]
Mumyōi-yaki (無名異焼) is a ceramic tradition that exists nowhere else. The clay — deep red, iron-saturated — comes from Sado Island in Niigata Prefecture, where it was historically mined alongside gold. The name translates loosely as "nameless strange earth," a reference to the ore-bearing soil that gives the fired body its characteristic color. Sekisui kiln (赤水窯) carries the lineage of Itō Sekisui, the fifth generation of which was designated a Living National Treasure by the Japanese government — one of the highest recognitions a craftsperson in Japan can receive.
A yuzamashi is a vessel used in tea ceremony to cool water after boiling, bringing it to the temperature appropriate for green tea. It occupies a precise functional moment: between the kettle and the teapot, between too hot and just right. This example is formed with a handle, its profile unhurried and capable. The surface carries sansuiga — a mountain and water landscape rendered in cobalt brushwork against the red ground.
🔹 [ Deep-Dive Commentary ]
The combination of Sado red clay and cobalt-blue landscape painting creates a chromatic tension that is visually arresting without announcing itself. The mountain motif in sansuiga painting tradition derives from Chinese ink landscape aesthetics, arriving in Japan through Zen temples and tea culture and taking root in ceramics, screens, and scroll painting alike. On a yuzamashi, it places a philosophical image inside a functional one: the landscape you hold while cooling the water.
Sekisui kiln's connection to the Itō Sekisui lineage gives this piece institutional weight within the mumyōi tradition. The work comes with its signed wooden box, placing it within the documented record of the kiln's output. The handle design — elegant and unobtrusive — allows the vessel to be lifted and poured without effort, reflecting the practical intelligence embedded in traditional Japanese craft.
[ JAPANESE DESCRIPTION / 日本語解説 ]
無名異焼は佐渡島にのみ存在する陶磁器の様式です。「名もなき不思議な土」を意味するその名は、島で採掘された鉄分豊富な赤土に由来し、焼成後には独特の深い赤みを帯びた肌となります。赤水窯は伊藤赤水の系譜を継ぐ窯元であり、五代目は人間国宝の認定を受けた工芸家として知られています。
本作は持ち手付きの湯冷ましで、赤い素地に山水画が呉須で描かれています。山水図のモチーフは中国水墨画の美学に起源を持ち、禅寺と茶の文化を通じて日本へ伝わりました。機能的な形の中に哲学的な風景を宿したこの器は、使われるたびに静かな豊かさを手に伝えます。共箱付きです。
🔹 [ BASIC DETAILS ]
- Diameter (with handle): 12.7 cm | Height: 5.5 cm
- Ware: Mumyōi-yaki (無名異焼), Sado Island
- Kiln: Sekisui kiln (赤水窯)
- Decoration: Sansuiga (mountain landscape) in cobalt on red clay body
- Condition: No damage
🔹 [ Includes ]
- Mumyōi-yaki yuzamashi water cooler
- Original signed wooden box (tomobako)
🔹 [ SHIPPING & PACKAGING ]
• Dispatch: Within 1-6 business days
• Carrier: Japan Post EMS / UPS (with tracking)
• Packaging: Carefully wrapped with protective materials
🔹 [ Cultural & Artistic Insight ]
Mumyōi-yaki (無名異焼) is a ceramic tradition that exists nowhere else. The clay — deep red, iron-saturated — comes from Sado Island in Niigata Prefecture, where it was historically mined alongside gold. The name translates loosely as "nameless strange earth," a reference to the ore-bearing soil that gives the fired body its characteristic color. Sekisui kiln (赤水窯) carries the lineage of Itō Sekisui, the fifth generation of which was designated a Living National Treasure by the Japanese government — one of the highest recognitions a craftsperson in Japan can receive.
A yuzamashi is a vessel used in tea ceremony to cool water after boiling, bringing it to the temperature appropriate for green tea. It occupies a precise functional moment: between the kettle and the teapot, between too hot and just right. This example is formed with a handle, its profile unhurried and capable. The surface carries sansuiga — a mountain and water landscape rendered in cobalt brushwork against the red ground.
🔹 [ Deep-Dive Commentary ]
The combination of Sado red clay and cobalt-blue landscape painting creates a chromatic tension that is visually arresting without announcing itself. The mountain motif in sansuiga painting tradition derives from Chinese ink landscape aesthetics, arriving in Japan through Zen temples and tea culture and taking root in ceramics, screens, and scroll painting alike. On a yuzamashi, it places a philosophical image inside a functional one: the landscape you hold while cooling the water.
Sekisui kiln's connection to the Itō Sekisui lineage gives this piece institutional weight within the mumyōi tradition. The work comes with its signed wooden box, placing it within the documented record of the kiln's output. The handle design — elegant and unobtrusive — allows the vessel to be lifted and poured without effort, reflecting the practical intelligence embedded in traditional Japanese craft.
[ JAPANESE DESCRIPTION / 日本語解説 ]
無名異焼は佐渡島にのみ存在する陶磁器の様式です。「名もなき不思議な土」を意味するその名は、島で採掘された鉄分豊富な赤土に由来し、焼成後には独特の深い赤みを帯びた肌となります。赤水窯は伊藤赤水の系譜を継ぐ窯元であり、五代目は人間国宝の認定を受けた工芸家として知られています。
本作は持ち手付きの湯冷ましで、赤い素地に山水画が呉須で描かれています。山水図のモチーフは中国水墨画の美学に起源を持ち、禅寺と茶の文化を通じて日本へ伝わりました。機能的な形の中に哲学的な風景を宿したこの器は、使われるたびに静かな豊かさを手に伝えます。共箱付きです。
🔹 [ BASIC DETAILS ]
- Diameter (with handle): 12.7 cm | Height: 5.5 cm
- Ware: Mumyōi-yaki (無名異焼), Sado Island
- Kiln: Sekisui kiln (赤水窯)
- Decoration: Sansuiga (mountain landscape) in cobalt on red clay body
- Condition: No damage
🔹 [ Includes ]
- Mumyōi-yaki yuzamashi water cooler
- Original signed wooden box (tomobako)
🔹 [ SHIPPING & PACKAGING ]
• Dispatch: Within 1-6 business days
• Carrier: Japan Post EMS / UPS (with tracking)
• Packaging: Carefully wrapped with protective materials
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