{"product_id":"nakamura-nokyu-kenzan-style-yatsuhashi-iris-tea-bowl-chawan","title":"Nakamura Nokyu Kenzan-Style Yatsuhashi Iris Tea Bowl Chawan","description":"Kenzan-style Yatsuhashi tea bowl by Nakamura Nokyu — kenzan style matcha bowl yatsuhashi design, iris and bridge tea bowl Japan, Kyoto yaki chawan artist signed, Ogata Kenzan tradition bowl, eight bridges iris tea ceremony, kyo-yaki overglaze enamel bowl, Japanese pottery signed box, colorful iris chawan Kyoto, yatsuhashi design tea ceremony.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEight bridges span still water. Irises bloom at the banks. The image is not illustration — it is memory encoded in glaze, handed forward from Ogata Kenzan through every generation that chose not to let it dissolve.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDiameter: approx. 12 cm | Height: approx. 7.3 cm\u003cbr\u003eFull-size matcha bowl, suitable for both usucha and koicha\u003cbr\u003eSigned wooden box (tomobako)\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Very good — no chips, no cracks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Yatsuhashi — Eight Bridges — motif originates in the Ise Monogatari, a tenth-century poem sequence in which a traveler crosses eight plank bridges over the Mikawa marshes, each step carrying him further from the capital and deeper into feeling. Kenzan, working in early eighteenth-century Kyoto, distilled this image into repeating bands of purple iris and geometric bridge — form and emotion braided.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNakamura Nokyu works in this tradition: cream crackle ground (kannyu) receives overglaze enamels applied with the confidence of a brushstroke that cannot be revised. The iron-red bridge, the violet iris, the pale yellow stamens — each color fired separately, each a decision.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKyo-yaki ceramics carry the refinement of a city that has been producing art objects for imperial and aristocratic patrons for over a thousand years. This bowl enters a room already knowing that.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e【日本語説明】\u003cbr\u003e中村能休造の乾山風八橋絵抹茶碗です。伊勢物語に由来する八橋紋様—燕子花と橋—を色絵で丁寧に表現した京焼の茶碗。貫入の白地に上絵具が映える伝統的な京焼の仕事です。共箱付き。薄茶・濃茶どちらにも使えるサイズです。\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":61661580919154,"sku":"260316_a_2434","price":751.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/5680\/3698\/files\/m24415846278_1.jpg?v=1773638136","url":"https:\/\/checkout.themodernzenarchive.com\/products\/nakamura-nokyu-kenzan-style-yatsuhashi-iris-tea-bowl-chawan","provider":"The Modern Zen Archive","version":"1.0","type":"link"}