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Nakamura Nokyu — Kenzan-style Shidare-zakura Chawan | Kyoto Matcha Tea Bowl with Signed Tomobako
Nakamura Nokyu — Kenzan-style Shidare-zakura Chawan | Kyoto Matcha Tea Bowl with Signed Tomobako
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Dhs. 1,196.00 AED
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🔹 [ BASIC DETAILS ]
Artist: Nakamura Nokyu (中村能休), Kyoto
Style: Kenzan-fu (乾山風) — Kyoto Kenzan revival tradition
Motif: Shidare-zakura (枝垂桜) — weeping cherry blossom
Form: Matcha chawan (tea bowl for the way of tea)
Dimensions: approx. H 7.5 cm × D 12.5 cm
Condition: No cracks, no chips. Near-unused.
Includes: Signed tomobako (original wooden box) with seal 「能休」
🔹 [ Cultural & Artistic Insight ]
Kenzan-fu (乾山風) refers to the painterly lineage of Ogata Kenzan (1663–1743), the Kyoto master who brought poetry and calligraphic freedom to the surface of clay. His bowls were not decorated — they were written upon. Nakamura Nokyu works within this Kyoto revival, carrying the same approach: the brush leads, the glaze follows, the form listens. The ground here is a warm cream, softly flushed with peach where the kiln held its breath. Across it, an iron-dark branch descends — not painted onto the bowl, but allowed to fall through it. Pink and white blossoms open along the branch in overglaze enamel; green leaves rest between them with the restraint of a haiku line break.
🔹 [ Deep-Dive Commentary ]
Among all forms of sakura in Japanese art, shidare-zakura — the weeping cherry — carries the deepest emotional weight. Its cascading branches are read as both beauty and impermanence, the moment and its passing held in the same gesture. To paint shidare-zakura on a chawan is to place that entire awareness into the hands of the guest. When the bowl is turned during temae, the branch moves with the rotation; the blossoms appear and recede like a spring afternoon remembered rather than witnessed. The interior carries its own quiet flowering, so that the final sight — after the matcha is drunk — is not emptiness but a scattering of petals at the bottom of the cup. This is a bowl built for hanami chakai, the spring tea gathering held beneath blossoming trees, where the tea room opens briefly onto the season and then closes again. The tomobako, signed and sealed by the artist, records the authorship.
🔹 [ 日本語解説 ]
京焼の乾山風、中村能休による枝垂桜絵の抹茶碗。温かな乳白の地に、鉄絵の枝がひと息に降り、桜の花が上絵で静かにひらいています。見込みにも桜が舞い、一服の後にもう一度春が訪れます。共箱・書付あり、無傷・ほぼ未使用。花の茶事のための一碗です。
🔹 [ SHIPPING & PACKAGING ]
• Dispatch: Within 1-6 business days
• Carrier: Japan Post EMS / UPS (with tracking)
• Packaging: Carefully wrapped with protective materials
Artist: Nakamura Nokyu (中村能休), Kyoto
Style: Kenzan-fu (乾山風) — Kyoto Kenzan revival tradition
Motif: Shidare-zakura (枝垂桜) — weeping cherry blossom
Form: Matcha chawan (tea bowl for the way of tea)
Dimensions: approx. H 7.5 cm × D 12.5 cm
Condition: No cracks, no chips. Near-unused.
Includes: Signed tomobako (original wooden box) with seal 「能休」
🔹 [ Cultural & Artistic Insight ]
Kenzan-fu (乾山風) refers to the painterly lineage of Ogata Kenzan (1663–1743), the Kyoto master who brought poetry and calligraphic freedom to the surface of clay. His bowls were not decorated — they were written upon. Nakamura Nokyu works within this Kyoto revival, carrying the same approach: the brush leads, the glaze follows, the form listens. The ground here is a warm cream, softly flushed with peach where the kiln held its breath. Across it, an iron-dark branch descends — not painted onto the bowl, but allowed to fall through it. Pink and white blossoms open along the branch in overglaze enamel; green leaves rest between them with the restraint of a haiku line break.
🔹 [ Deep-Dive Commentary ]
Among all forms of sakura in Japanese art, shidare-zakura — the weeping cherry — carries the deepest emotional weight. Its cascading branches are read as both beauty and impermanence, the moment and its passing held in the same gesture. To paint shidare-zakura on a chawan is to place that entire awareness into the hands of the guest. When the bowl is turned during temae, the branch moves with the rotation; the blossoms appear and recede like a spring afternoon remembered rather than witnessed. The interior carries its own quiet flowering, so that the final sight — after the matcha is drunk — is not emptiness but a scattering of petals at the bottom of the cup. This is a bowl built for hanami chakai, the spring tea gathering held beneath blossoming trees, where the tea room opens briefly onto the season and then closes again. The tomobako, signed and sealed by the artist, records the authorship.
🔹 [ 日本語解説 ]
京焼の乾山風、中村能休による枝垂桜絵の抹茶碗。温かな乳白の地に、鉄絵の枝がひと息に降り、桜の花が上絵で静かにひらいています。見込みにも桜が舞い、一服の後にもう一度春が訪れます。共箱・書付あり、無傷・ほぼ未使用。花の茶事のための一碗です。
🔹 [ 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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