{"product_id":"ogata-shuhei-narcissus-iro-e-tea-bowl-kyo-yaki-suisen-chawan-from-the-kenzan-lineage","title":"Ogata Shuhei Narcissus Iro-e Tea Bowl — Kyo-yaki Suisen Chawan from the Kenzan Lineage","description":"Experience authentic Japanese tea ceramics with this Suisen Narcissus Iro-e Chawan by Ogata Shuhei. This Polychrome Kyo-yaki Tea Bowl serves as an Ogata Kenzan Lineage Masterwork and Winter Botanical Chawan, featuring Gold-Outlined Narcissus Painting and Restrained Overglaze Enamel—a must-have for any Art Collector seeking Kyoto Heritage Ceramics and Seasonal Japanese Tea Art.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ BASIC DETAILS ]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e• Artist: Ogata Shuhei (尾形周平) — Heian [Kyoto] production, Kenzan lineage\u003cbr\u003e• Technique: Iro-e (overglaze polychrome enamel) with gold outlining on Kyo-yaki body\u003cbr\u003e• Era: Showa–Heisei\u003cbr\u003e• Origin: Kyoto, Japan\u003cbr\u003e• Dimensions: H 8.1 cm × D 12.3 cm (3.2\" × 4.8\")\u003cbr\u003e• Box: Signed tomobako — inscribed 色絵 水仙茶盞 \/ 平安 周平造 with red seal\u003cbr\u003e• Condition: Good — consistent with age\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ CULTURAL \u0026amp; ARTISTIC INSIGHT ]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNarcissus in winter. Not defiance — simply timing. The suisen blooms when almost nothing else does, pushing white petals through cold soil in the twelfth and first months. Its appearance in a tea room signals the same thing it signals in a garden: life continuing without announcement, without waiting for conditions to improve.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOgata Shuhei paints this flower with the restraint the subject demands. White narcissus blooms float against the warm cream body of a Kyo-yaki tea bowl, their petals outlined in gold with a precision that holds each flower distinct. Dark green and olive leaves sweep upward in long, curving strokes — the narcissus leaf's characteristic blade-like form rendered with confident economy. The painting does not crowd the surface. It occupies it selectively, allowing the warm ground to breathe between stems the way winter air moves between plants.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe name Ogata Shuhei carries the weight of the Kyoto ceramic tradition at its source. The lineage connects to Ogata Kenzan — the painter-potter whose collaboration with his brother Korin defined the artistic vocabulary of Kyoto ceramics. Successive generations of Ogata Shuhei potters have maintained the iro-e and overglaze painting traditions that Kenzan established, working under the Heian prefix that confirms unbroken Kyoto production. This is not a revival. It is continuity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*\"The narcissus does not wait for spring. It simply begins — and winter rearranges itself around the bloom.\"*\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ DEEP-DIVE COMMENTARY ]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**Ogata Shuhei and the Kenzan Legacy**: The Ogata Shuhei (尾形周平) name represents a distinguished Kyoto pottery lineage directly connected to the legacy of Ogata Kenzan (1663–1743). Kenzan — younger brother of the great painter Ogata Korin — established a ceramic tradition that united painterly expression with functional pottery. The Ogata Shuhei lineage has carried this tradition through multiple generations, with each potter working in Kyoto under the Heian (平安) prefix that designates the ancient capital. The box inscription 平安 周平造 is both signature and geographical declaration.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**Suisen (水仙) — The Winter Narcissus**: Narcissus (Narcissus tazetta var. chinensis) in Japan is called suisen, written with characters meaning \"water immortal\" (水仙). The plant blooms from December through February — deep winter — making it one of the few flowering subjects appropriate for tea gatherings in the coldest months. In the tea calendar, suisen-themed utensils appear from the eleventh month through the first month. The flower's association with purity, resilience, and quiet persistence aligns with the wabi-cha spirit that values endurance over spectacle.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**Gold Outline Technique (Kinsai)**: The gold outlining on this bowl follows a specific iro-e sub-technique where gold lines define the contours of painted forms rather than filling areas. This approach — sometimes called kinsen (gold line) — requires the steadiest hand of all gold application methods. Each line must be consistent in width and unbroken around the form it defines. The gold is applied after all enamel colors are fired, at the lowest kiln temperature, making it the final and most exposed layer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**Restrained Composition as Aesthetic Choice**: Where many Kyo-yaki iro-e bowls feature dense, all-over painting, this chawan leaves significant areas of the warm cream body visible. This compositional restraint mirrors the narcissus itself — a flower that does not fill a field but appears in small, deliberate clusters. The empty ground is not unused space. It is winter — the season the flower has chosen to inhabit.\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：尾形周平（平安 周平造）\u003cbr\u003e• 技法：色絵・金彩（金輪郭線描き）\u003cbr\u003e• 時代：昭和〜平成\u003cbr\u003e• 産地：京都\u003cbr\u003e• 寸法：高さ8.1cm × 径12.3cm\u003cbr\u003e• 付属：共箱（「色絵 水仙茶盞 \/ 平安 周平造」朱印）\u003cbr\u003e• 状態：良好\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e【解説】\u003cbr\u003e尾形周平は、尾形乾山の系譜に連なる京都の陶家です。乾山は兄・尾形光琳とともに京焼の芸術的語彙を確立した画家兼陶工であり、その色絵・上絵付けの伝統を受け継ぐ尾形周平の名は、代を重ねて京都の窯業を守り続けてきました。共箱に記された「平安」の銘は京都製であることの証明です。\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e本作は水仙を色絵で描いた茶碗です。白い花弁を金の輪郭線で縁取り、濃緑の葉が長く弧を描いて伸びる構図は、冬の水仙が持つ凛とした佇まいをそのまま器に移しています。器面を埋め尽くすのではなく、余白を活かした控えめな構図が、冬という季節そのものを表現しています。水仙は十一月から一月にかけての茶席に最適な意匠であり、「水の仙人」の名にふさわしい清冽な存在感を茶席にもたらします。\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*White petals outlined in gold against a winter ground. The narcissus chose this season — and the Ogata lineage chose to witness it, generation after generation.*","brand":"The Modern Zen Archive","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":61596951413106,"sku":"260121_a_1629","price":940.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/5680\/3698\/files\/m93864918644_1.jpg?v=1771215727","url":"https:\/\/checkout.themodernzenarchive.com\/products\/ogata-shuhei-narcissus-iro-e-tea-bowl-kyo-yaki-suisen-chawan-from-the-kenzan-lineage","provider":"The Modern Zen Archive","version":"1.0","type":"link"}