{"product_id":"ohi-ware-chawan-by-kimura-masaki-deep-amber-glaze-tea-bowl-with-box","title":"Ohi Ware Chawan by Kimura Masaki — Deep Amber Glaze Tea Bowl with Box","description":"A tea bowl that holds darkness inside warmth. The amber-brown Ohi glaze descends the outer walls in layered depth — toffee where the glaze thickens, cooling to ash-grey at the base, interrupted by an unexpected band of deep cobalt blue that flashes like water seen through autumn leaves. The interior pools in deep caramel, pooling at the center where matcha will gather. Kimura Masaki worked in the Ohi tradition that has held the tea bowl as its singular form for three centuries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[ BASIC DETAILS ]\u003cbr\u003e• Artist: Kimura Masaki (木村正樹)\u003cbr\u003e• Ware: Ohi-yaki (大樋焼)\u003cbr\u003e• Dimensions: height 7.8 cm, width 12.2 cm\u003cbr\u003e• Condition: Good vintage condition, no chips or cracks\u003cbr\u003e• Provenance: Signed wooden box (tomobako) included\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[ CULTURAL CONTEXT ]\u003cbr\u003eOhi ware originates from Kanazawa, the domain of the Maeda clan and the city that preserved Kyoto's cultural heritage during the Edo period. The first Ohi Chozaemon was a student of Sen Sotan — grandson of Rikyu — and the Ohi kiln has maintained a familial succession for over three centuries. The characteristic amber glaze, achieved through a distinctive low-fire technique, carries a softness that no other ware replicates. The color seen here — layered amber shifting to slate and blue — reflects the glaze's behavior in the kiln: unpredictable, alive.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[ DEEP DIVE ]\u003cbr\u003eWhat distinguishes this bowl visually is the blue band that crosses the middle register. In Ohi ware, additional colorants are used with restraint; this cobalt presence gives the bowl a quality of landscape — hill, sky, and earth compressed into a single circumference. The interior glaze, seen from above, forms a deep mirror with a white cloud at center — the surface that will hold the whipped green tea. The foot is trim and red-clay, characteristic of Ohi's earthenware base.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e【日本語説明】\u003cbr\u003e木村正樹作の大樋焼茶碗です。深い飴釉と青みを帯びた景色が重厚な存在感を放つ一碗。大樋焼特有の低温焼成による柔らかな質感と、予測不能な窯変が魅力です。共箱付き。\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":61633048084850,"sku":"260304_a_2308","price":793.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/5680\/3698\/files\/m30079295154_1.jpg?v=1772666075","url":"https:\/\/checkout.themodernzenarchive.com\/products\/ohi-ware-chawan-by-kimura-masaki-deep-amber-glaze-tea-bowl-with-box","provider":"The Modern Zen Archive","version":"1.0","type":"link"}