{"product_id":"noda-asanoshin-nezumi-shino-tea-bowl-fukuju-daitoku-ji-kakitsuke","title":"Noda Asanoshin Nezumi Shino Tea Bowl — Fukuju, Daitoku-ji Kakitsuke","description":"A Nezumi-Shino tea bowl (鼡志野茶碗) by Noda Asanoshin (野田浅之進), bearing the poetic name Fukuju (福寿 — Fortune \u0026amp; Longevity) inscribed by former Daitoku-ji priest Fukumoto Kei (前大徳福本慶). This Mino Ware Chawan embodies the cultural weight of the Shino Glaze tradition — grey iron slip beneath white Shino glaze, scraped and fired into a surface of quiet density. A Japanese Tea Ceremony piece with Zen Calligraphy provenance, Iron Speckled Glaze, and the unmistakable authorship of the Mino ceramic lineage.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ BASIC DETAILS ]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e• Artist: Noda Asanoshin (野田浅之進) — Mino potter\u003cbr\u003e• Kakitsuke: Former Daitoku-ji priest Fukumoto Kei (前大徳 福本慶一)\u003cbr\u003e• Mei (銘): Fukuju (福寿 — Fortune \u0026amp; Longevity)\u003cbr\u003e• Technique: Nezumi-Shino (鼡志野) — iron slip under white Shino glaze\u003cbr\u003e• Era: 2010s\u003cbr\u003e• Origin: Mino, Gifu Prefecture, Japan\u003cbr\u003e• Dimensions: Diameter 11.2 cm (approx. 4.4\")\u003cbr\u003e• Box: Inscribed wooden box with Daitoku-ji priest's calligraphy — \"東山生 鼡志野茶盌 銘福寿\"\u003cbr\u003e• Condition: Good — consistent with careful use in tea practice\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ CULTURAL \u0026amp; ARTISTIC INSIGHT ]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNezumi-Shino is not grey Shino. It is Shino that has passed through iron. The potter applies an iron-rich slip to the vessel, then coats it in the thick, milky white Shino glaze that has defined Mino ceramics since the Momoyama period. Before firing, portions of the iron slip are scraped away — and it is in this act of removal that the design is born. Where iron remains, the surface fires to the color of winter dusk. Where it was taken away, white Shino surfaces like snow through stone.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNoda Asanoshin's bowl carries this interplay with quiet authority. The grey field is punctuated by iron spots — tetsu-e speckling that gives the surface a geological quality, as though the bowl had been unearthed rather than made. The white Shino patches that emerge through the grey create depth without contrast, presence without insistence. The iron-brown rim edge (kuchizukuri) marks the boundary where lip meets clay — a line the potter chose to leave exposed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe kakitsuke by former Daitoku-ji priest Fukumoto Kei elevates this bowl beyond craft into the realm of tea lineage. When a Zen priest inscribes a tea bowl with a name, the object enters a different order of existence. It is no longer anonymous. It carries intention, blessing, and the weight of the temple that authorized it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*\"The grey was not applied. It was revealed — by removing what covered it.\"*\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ DEEP-DIVE COMMENTARY ]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**Nezumi-Shino (鼡志野) Technique**: The word nezumi (鼡) means mouse — referring to the grey color of the finished surface. Unlike standard Shino, which fires white, Nezumi-Shino achieves its grey through a layer of iron slip (oni-ita) applied beneath the Shino glaze. The potter scratches or scrapes designs through this iron layer before the final glaze application, so that the white Shino glaze shows through only where the iron was removed. The result is a reversed drawing — the design is defined not by what was added, but by what was taken away. This subtractive logic gives Nezumi-Shino a philosophical dimension that purely additive decoration cannot reach.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**Kakitsuke — The Zen Priest's Inscription**: In the world of chanoyu, a kakitsuke (書付) by a recognized Zen priest or tea master serves as a form of authentication and spiritual endorsement. Fukumoto Kei, bearing the title \"前大徳\" (former Daitoku-ji), belongs to the lineage of one of Kyoto's great Zen monasteries — the same Daitoku-ji that has been intertwined with tea culture since the time of Ikkyu and Murata Juko. The inscription \"東山生 鼡志野茶盌 銘福寿\" (Higashiyama-born Nezumi-Shino tea bowl, named Fukuju) fixes both the bowl's identity and its place within the web of tea practice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**Mei: Fukuju (福寿)**: The name Fukuju combines 福 (fortune, blessing) and 寿 (longevity, celebration of life). This is not a casual naming. In tea culture, the mei given to a bowl determines how it will be used — in which season, at which gathering, with what scroll hanging in the tokonoma. Fukuju is a name for auspicious occasions: New Year, milestone celebrations, gatherings where continuity and gratitude are the themes. The bowl's use becomes inseparable from its name.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**Mino Ceramic Lineage**: Mino, in present-day Gifu Prefecture, is the birthplace of Shino ware. During the Momoyama period (late 16th century), Mino potters developed Shino, Oribe, and Ki-Seto — three of the most consequential ceramic traditions in Japanese tea culture. Noda Asanoshin works within this lineage, firing Nezumi-Shino with the same iron-bearing clays and feldspar-rich glazes that Momoyama potters used over four centuries ago. The technique has not changed because it did not need to.\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：野田浅之進（美濃焼）\u003cbr\u003e• 書付：前大徳 福本慶一\u003cbr\u003e• 銘：福寿\u003cbr\u003e• 技法：鼡志野（鉄化粧土＋志野釉）\u003cbr\u003e• 時代：2010年代\u003cbr\u003e• 産地：美濃（岐阜県）\u003cbr\u003e• 寸法：口径 11.2cm\u003cbr\u003e• 箱：書付箱「東山生 鼡志野茶盌 銘福寿」前大徳 福本慶一\u003cbr\u003e• 状態：良好\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e【解説】\u003cbr\u003e野田浅之進作、鼡志野茶碗「福寿」です。前大徳・福本慶一師の書付が付されており、茶の湯の道統における位置づけが明確な一碗です。\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e鼡志野は、鉄化粧土を素地に施した上から志野釉を掛け、化粧土を掻き落として文様を出す技法です。鉄が残った部分は灰鼡色に焼き上がり、掻き落とされた部分には白い志野釉が浮かび上がります。引き算によって文様が生まれるという点で、加飾とは異なる思考が働いています。\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e全体に散る鉄斑（てつはん）が器面に地質的な深みを与え、口縁の鉄褐色（口作り）が全体を引き締めています。ずんぐりとした安定感のある形姿は、掌の中で確かな存在感を発揮します。「福寿」の銘は慶事の茶席にふさわしく、正月や祝いの席で格別の意味を持つ茶碗です。\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*Grey holds what white released. Between iron and feldspar, the Mino kiln decides what remains.*","brand":"The Modern Zen Archive","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":61600762233202,"sku":"260130_1927","price":685.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/5680\/3698\/files\/m61487312594_1.jpg?v=1771315171","url":"https:\/\/checkout.themodernzenarchive.com\/products\/noda-asanoshin-nezumi-shino-tea-bowl-fukuju-daitoku-ji-kakitsuke","provider":"The Modern Zen Archive","version":"1.0","type":"link"}