{"product_id":"ninsei-style-overglaze-chawan-narutaki-kiln-jogaku-plum-wave-signed-box","title":"Ninsei-Style Overglaze Chawan — Narutaki Kiln Jogaku, Plum Wave, Signed Box","description":"Ninsei-style overglaze enamel chawan with plum blossom, wave, and floral medallion in red, green, gold, and white — a tea bowl for collectors seeking Kyo-yaki overglaze enamel, Ninsei-style reproduction ceramics, and documented studio work from the Narutaki kiln tradition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[ DETAILS ]\u003cbr\u003e• Name: 仁清写丸紋茶碗 城岳造 (Ninsei-style Marumon Chawan, by Jogaku)\u003cbr\u003e• Kiln: 鳴滝窯 (Narutaki Kiln), Kyoto\u003cbr\u003e• Dimensions: Diameter approx. 12.5 cm × H approx. 7.5 cm\u003cbr\u003e• Decoration: Overglaze enamel — plum blossom, wave pattern, floral medallions; red, green, gold, white\u003cbr\u003e• Box: Signed artist's box with red seal (共箱)\u003cbr\u003e• Condition: Fine; enamels vivid; no losses\u003cbr\u003e• SKU: 260318_a_2521\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[ CULTURAL CONTEXT ]\u003cbr\u003eNonomura Ninsei established the standard for polychrome overglaze enamel in Kyoto ware in the seventeenth century. The Ninsei-style (仁清写) is not imitation — it is a practiced engagement with a visual language: the circular medallion, the plum blossom, the wave, the gold outline. Each element is a choice made within a grammar that has been refined over three hundred years. To work in this tradition is to understand that originality is not the abandonment of precedent but the quality of attention brought to it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[ DEEP DIVE ]\u003cbr\u003eNarutaki (鳴滝) refers to a district in northwest Kyoto where several important kilns have operated. The name on a signed box places the piece within the living tradition of Kyoto ceramic production. Overglaze enamel (uwae, 上絵) in the Ninsei tradition requires painting onto the fired and glazed surface, then refiring at lower temperatures to fuse the colored enamels. The sequencing — which colors go down first, how they interact at different temperatures — is the technical discipline that defines the maker's mastery. Jogaku's red seal on the box indicates personal authentication.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e---\u003cbr\u003e【日本語】\u003cbr\u003e仁清写丸紋茶碗、鳴滝窯 城岳造。色絵梅花波文を施した華やかな京焼。赤絵・緑・金彩・白の重層的な絵付け。共箱（赤印あり）。正統派仁清写の美意識を体現した一碗。\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":61687503913330,"sku":"260318_a_2521","price":711.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/5680\/3698\/files\/m85290767083_1.jpg?v=1774105754","url":"https:\/\/checkout.themodernzenarchive.com\/products\/ninsei-style-overglaze-chawan-narutaki-kiln-jogaku-plum-wave-signed-box","provider":"The Modern Zen Archive","version":"1.0","type":"link"}