{"product_id":"nonaka-shunkiyo-nezumi-shino-tea-bowl-mino-ware-chawan-with-tomobako","title":"Nonaka Shunkiyo Nezumi-Shino Tea Bowl — Mino Ware Chawan with Tomobako","description":"Experience authentic Japanese tea ceremony ware with this Nonaka Shunkiyo Nezumi-Shino Tea Bowl. This Mino ware chawan serves as a functional matcha bowl and collector's art piece, featuring iron-grey nezumi-shino glazing and resist-patterned white motifs—a must-have for any devotee of Japanese ceramics seeking traditional Mino techniques and Shino ware artistry.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ BASIC DETAILS ]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e• Artist: Nonaka Shunkiyo (野中春清)\u003cbr\u003e• Technique: Nezumi-Shino (鼠志野) — iron slip with wax-resist patterning under feldspathic glaze\u003cbr\u003e• Era: Showa–Heisei period\u003cbr\u003e• Origin: Mino, Gifu Prefecture, Japan\u003cbr\u003e• Dimensions: Diameter approx. 12.5 cm × Height approx. 7 cm (4.9\" × 2.8\")\u003cbr\u003e• Box: Tomobako (artist-signed wooden box) inscribed \"鼠志野 茶碗 春清造\" with red seal\u003cbr\u003e• Condition: Good — characteristic pinhole texture and iron spots inherent to nezumi-shino; no chips or repairs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ CULTURAL \u0026amp; ARTISTIC INSIGHT ]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNezumi-shino — \"mouse-colored Shino\" — is among the most technically demanding of the Mino glazing traditions. An iron-bearing slip is applied over the entire vessel, then selectively removed through resist technique (wax or paper) to reveal the white clay beneath. When fired in a wood or gas kiln, the exposed areas emerge in milky white while the iron slip darkens to a spectrum of grey, creating a dialogue between concealment and revelation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNonaka Shunkiyo's path to this bowl carries its own weight. After decades of work in Yokohama, he transferred his workshop to his son Shunpo in 1967 and relocated to Mino — the ancestral homeland of Shino ware — to build his own kiln. This was not retirement but a deliberate return to source, a potter choosing to work where the clay and the tradition share the same ground.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*\"The grey surface remembers the fire; the white patterns remember the potter's intent.\"*\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ DEEP-DIVE COMMENTARY ]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**Nezumi-Shino's Visual Language**: The abstract geometric and bamboo-like patterns emerging in white against the iron-grey ground are not decorative afterthoughts — they are structural decisions made before the kiln has its say. Each resist mark is a negotiation between the potter's design and the fire's unpredictability.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**The Undulating Rim**: The organic, irregular lip of this bowl is deliberate. In tea practice, the rim is where the mouth meets the vessel — an asymmetric edge invites the user to search for the drinking point, turning the act of choosing into a moment of presence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**Pinhole Texture**: The fine pinholes scattered across the grey surface are signatures of the feldspathic glaze reacting with the iron slip during firing. They catch light differently at every angle, giving the surface a quality that photographs can only partially convey.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**The Tomobako as Witness**: The inscribed wooden box — \"鼠志野 茶碗 春清造\" with the artist's red seal — serves as both authentication and lineage marker. In Japanese tea culture, the box often outlives the memory of its maker; it becomes the vessel's voice across generations.\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：野中春清\u003cbr\u003e• 技法：鼠志野（鉄化粧・蠝抜き技法）\u003cbr\u003e• 時代：昭和〜平成\u003cbr\u003e• 産地：美濃（岐阜県）\u003cbr\u003e• 寸法：口縁径 約12.5cm × 高さ 約7cm\u003cbr\u003e• 付属：共箱（「鼠志野 茶碗 春清造」朱印）\u003cbr\u003e• 状態：良好 — 鼠志野特有のピンホール・鉄斑あり、欠け・修理なし\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e【解説】\u003cbr\u003e鼠志野は美濃焼の中でも技術的難度の高い技法です。鉄化粧を全体に施した後、蠝や紙で抜きの文様を置き、長石釉をかけて焼成します。鉄化粧の部分は鼠色に、抜いた部分は白く発色し、隠すことと現すことの間に生まれる緊張感が見どころです。\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e野中春清は昭和42年、横浜の工房を息子の春甫に譲り、志野焼の故郷である美濃に移り築窯しました。都市から産地への回帰は、土と伝統に直接向き合う覚悟の表れでした。本作は、その美濃の土と火が生み出した鼠志野の茶碗であり、共箱が作家の手仕事を静かに証言しています。\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 the memory of iron; white holds the memory of choice.*","brand":"The Modern Zen Archive","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":61597016621426,"sku":"260121_a_1636","price":781.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/5680\/3698\/files\/m87704704534_1.jpg?v=1771224613","url":"https:\/\/checkout.themodernzenarchive.com\/products\/nonaka-shunkiyo-nezumi-shino-tea-bowl-mino-ware-chawan-with-tomobako","provider":"The Modern Zen Archive","version":"1.0","type":"link"}