{"product_id":"nakamura-suiran-kochi-fan-panel-tea-bowl-polychrome-overglaze-enamel","title":"Nakamura Suiran Kōchi Fan Panel Tea Bowl — Polychrome Overglaze Enamel","description":"Experience Authentic Japanese Tea Ceremony Ceramics with this Nakamura Suiran Kōchi Fan Panel Tea Bowl. This Japanese Chawan serves as a Kyoto Kōchi Ware Masterwork and Polychrome Overglaze Art, featuring Fan Panel Design and Vivid Color Palette—a must-have for any Tea Ceremony Collector seeking Decorative Art and Cultural Heritage.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ BASIC DETAILS ]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e• Artist: Nakamura Suiran (中村翠嵐, b. 1942)\u003cbr\u003e• Title: Konshi Kōchi Senmen Chawan (紺紫交趾扇面茶碗)\u003cbr\u003e• Type: Tea Bowl (Chawan) — Kōchi Ware\u003cbr\u003e• Dimensions: Approx. Dia 12.0 cm × H 7.8 cm\u003cbr\u003e• Period: Contemporary (Heisei–Reiwa era)\u003cbr\u003e• Condition: Excellent — no chips, cracks, or repairs\u003cbr\u003e• Includes: Signed tomobako (wooden storage box), protective cloth\u003cbr\u003e• Origin: Kyoto, Japan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ CULTURAL \u0026amp; ARTISTIC INSIGHT ]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKōchi ware (交趾焼) arrived in Japan through the tea masters of the Momoyama and early Edo periods, who prized the vivid three-color ceramics imported from Vietnam and southern China. Kyoto potters eventually adopted and refined the technique, developing a distinctly Japanese vocabulary of form and decoration. The process demands precision: each color — cobalt blue, emerald green, aubergine purple, amber yellow — is applied as a low-fire overglaze enamel, separated by raised lines of slip that act as dams to prevent colors from bleeding during firing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNakamura Suiran has devoted his career to this discipline. Born in 1942 in Kyoto, he studied under masters of the kōchi tradition and emerged as one of its most respected living voices. His work is characterized by an almost architectural sense of composition — panels and fields of color arranged with the deliberation of a garden designer plotting sight lines. The fan motif (扇面) that dominates this chawan is itself a statement of intent: in Japanese iconography, the unfolding fan represents expanding fortune and auspicious beginnings.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*\"In kōchi ware, color is not decoration — it is structure. Each hue bears the weight of a separate firing, a separate decision.\"*\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ DEEP-DIVE COMMENTARY ]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**The Kōchi Technique — Controlled Polychromy**\u003cbr\u003eUnlike the spontaneous glazing of wood-fired wares, kōchi demands absolute control. The potter first bisque-fires the form, then applies raised slip outlines (itchin) to create boundaries. Each color compartment is filled individually with overglaze enamel, and the piece is fired again at a lower temperature. Multiple firings may be required depending on the palette. The result is a surface of jewel-like clarity — colors that sit on the clay rather than sinking into it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**Fan Panels as Compositional Device**\u003cbr\u003eThe senmen (扇面) or fan-panel format has deep roots in Japanese decorative arts, appearing on screens, lacquerware, and textiles since the Heian period. By framing individual scenes within fan shapes, Suiran creates a visual rhythm across the bowl’s exterior — each panel a self-contained world, yet all unified by the deep indigo-purple ground that surrounds them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**Color Symbolism and Seasonal Reading**\u003cbr\u003eThe crimson peonies suggest late spring abundance. The pine boughs carry associations of longevity and steadfastness. The geometric sun-ray patterns recall the rising sun motif found in festival textiles. Together, they compose a bowl that speaks of celebration, continuity, and the cyclical return of auspicious seasons — ideal for formal tea gatherings.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**Suiran’s Place in the Kōchi Lineage**\u003cbr\u003eKyoto’s kōchi tradition is small and specialized. Among its practitioners, Suiran is recognized for the depth and saturation of his color palette and the precision of his itchin line work. His pieces appear in private collections and tea ceremony contexts across Japan, valued not for ostentation but for the disciplined craft they represent.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ 日本語解説 ]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e【基本情報】\u003cbr\u003e作家：中村翠嵐（なかむら すいらん、1942年生）\u003cbr\u003e作品名：紺紫交趾扇面茶碗\u003cbr\u003e種類：茶碗（交趾焼）\u003cbr\u003e寸法：約 径12.0cm × 高7.8cm\u003cbr\u003e時代：現代（平成〜令和）\u003cbr\u003e状態：良好（傷・欠け・修復なし）\u003cbr\u003e付属品：共箱・布\u003cbr\u003e産地：京都\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e【解説】\u003cbr\u003e京都交趾焼の第一人者・中村翠嵐による紺紫地扇面茶碗。深い藍紫の地に扇面の窓を配し、各窓に紅牡丹、松、幾何学的な日輪文を色鮮やかに描き込んでいます。交趾焼は低火度の上絵付技法で、ベトナム・中国南部から桃山〜江戸初期に日本へ伝わりました。翠嵐はこの技法を京都で継承し、精綻な一珍盛り（いっちんもり）による区画線と、宝石のような色彩の深みで知られています。扇面文様は末広がりの吉祥を象徴し、茶席にふさわしい格調を備えた一碗です。\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ SHIPPING \u0026amp; PACKAGING ]\u003cbr\u003e\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*A bowl that holds color the way a garden holds seasons — each hue placed with the certainty of someone who has fired this palette a thousand times before.*","brand":"The Modern Zen Archive","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":61591609049458,"sku":"260113_a_1475","price":2322.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/5680\/3698\/files\/m99634510921_9.jpg?v=1770948927","url":"https:\/\/checkout.themodernzenarchive.com\/products\/nakamura-suiran-kochi-fan-panel-tea-bowl-polychrome-overglaze-enamel","provider":"The Modern Zen Archive","version":"1.0","type":"link"}