Ohi Choami Ohi Ware Chawan Tea Bowl — Deep Amber Glaze, Kaga Lineage, Tomobako | 大樋長阿弥造 大樋焼茶碗

The amber glaze of Ohi ware has its own gravity — warm, thick, alive with a depth that shifts in low light as though something moves beneath it. This chawan by Ohi Choami carries that tradition without apology: the glaze pools and breaks across the surface in a landscape that was never planned and could not have been invented.

🔹 [ BASIC DETAILS ]
- Artist/Maker: Ohi Choami (大樋長阿弥)
- Title: Ohi Ware Chawan (大樋焼茶盌)
- Dimensions: Approx. diameter 11 cm, height 7.5 cm
- Condition: Good antique condition
- Comes with: Original tomobako (wooden box) inscribed "大樋 茶盌" with "長阿弥" signature and seal

Ohi ware was established in Kanazawa in 1666, at the invitation of Ura Senke tea master Senso Soshitsu, to produce tea wares for the Maeda clan — lords of Kaga Province and patrons of culture on a scale rivaled only by the Tokugawa shogunate. The ame-yu (candy glaze) that defines Ohi ware was an act of deliberate choice: a glaze that refuses transparency, that accumulates rather than reveals, that speaks in the warm register of firelight and autumn.

The keshiki — the landscape of lighter, near-white passages where the amber breaks — is not decoration. It is evidence of the kiln's own participation in the work. The hand-built form beneath shows the subtle irregularity of the rim, the gentle compression of the foot, the density of a wall that has absorbed heat over centuries of use and firing. In the tea room, this bowl's warmth belongs to winter — held in both hands, the amber deepens, the temperature of the tea sustains in the thick walls, and the bowl becomes what Ohi ware was always intended to be: a vessel for the full weight of the moment.

🔹 [ SHIPPING & PACKAGING ]
• Dispatch: Within 1-6 business days
• Carrier: Japan Post EMS / UPS (with tracking)
• Packaging: Carefully wrapped with protective materials
• Insurance: Included for all shipments
• Note: Import duties and taxes may apply depending on your country's regulations

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大樋長阿弥による大樋焼の茶碗。飴釉の深い琥珀色が、器全体を内側から照らすように輝いている。白い景色が部分的に現れ、釉の変化が自然の地形のように展開している。

大樋焼は1666年、裏千家仙叟宗室の招きによって加賀・金沢に開かれた窯で、以来前田家御用窯として加賀文化圏の中核を担ってきた。飴釉はその始まりから大樋焼の象徴であり、煮詰めた砂糖を思わせる深い琥珀色は、茶室のローソクの明かりの下でいっそう輝きを増す。

手捻りによる成形の痕跡が口縁のわずかな揺れに残り、分厚い器壁は保温性に優れ、冬の茶席において本領を発揮する。共箱に「大樋 茶盌」の銘と「長阿弥」の署名・印あり。加賀の茶文化の系譜を継ぐ、存在感のある一椀。