{"product_id":"oribe-hajiki-kogo-incense-container-by-matsumoto-tetsuzan-mino-ware-tomobako","title":"Oribe Hajiki Kogo Incense Container by Matsumoto Tetsuzan — Mino Ware, Tomobako","description":"Experience Authentic Japan Art with this Oribe Kogo Incense Container. This Japanese Ceramic Kogo serves as a Tea Ceremony Vessel and Incense Box, featuring Oribe Green Glaze and Iron Brushwork—a must-have for any Art Collector who values Japanese Tea Ceremony Art, Mino Ware Ceramics, and Hajiki Kogo Form.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ BASIC DETAILS ]\u003cbr\u003e• Artist: Matsumoto Tetsuzan (松本鐵山)\u003cbr\u003e• Technique: Oribe-yaki (織部焼) — iron-brushwork (tetsu-e) on shino-ground clay, deep green copper glaze lid\u003cbr\u003e• Era: 2000 – 2006 (contemporary, working in classical Mino tradition)\u003cbr\u003e• Origin: Mino, Gifu Prefecture, Japan\u003cbr\u003e• Form: Hajiki-gata (ハジキ形) — persimmon-striker form kogo (incense container)\u003cbr\u003e• Dimensions: Height approx. 6 cm, Diameter approx. 7 cm\u003cbr\u003e• Box: Tomobako — original signed wooden box with artist's calligraphy and seal impression\u003cbr\u003e• Condition: Excellent — no chips, no cracks, no restoration\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ CULTURAL \u0026amp; ARTISTIC INSIGHT ]\u003cbr\u003eOribe-yaki emerged in the Momoyama period (late 16th century) under the aesthetic guidance of Furuta Oribe, student of Sen no Rikyu and arbiter of tea culture at its most dramatically inventive. Where Rikyu sought quietude, Oribe embraced confrontation — asymmetry, dark iron marks over white ground, the vertiginous pooling of copper-green glaze that seems to spill from another season entirely.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe hajiki form — round, compact, seated low — is one of the most intimate objects in the tea room. Its name evokes the persimmon's seasonal weight, the way autumn fruit holds its shape against the coming cold. A kogo passes between hands slowly; it is not admired from a distance but received.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMatsumoto Tetsuzan works within this lineage without apology. The vertical iron strokes on the body are not decorative motif but structural argument — bold descending marks that break the uniformity of the shino-white ground, charging it with energy. The lid shifts register entirely: a deep copper-green pools at the sculpted floral knob, composing a moment of contrast that is wholly Oribe in spirit.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePOETIC LINE: \"The green lid holds what the iron brush releases — two weathers, one vessel.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ DEEP-DIVE COMMENTARY ]\u003cbr\u003eOribe-yaki is one of six ancient Mino kilns classified under the broader Mino-yaki tradition (along with Shino, Yellow Seto, Black Seto, and others), all originating in the Toki and Tajimi regions of Gifu Prefecture. Among them, Oribe stands alone in its willingness to court distortion and deliberate imbalance as aesthetic virtues rather than accidents.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe signature visual vocabulary of Oribe includes three elements that this kogo demonstrates cleanly: the white crackled ground (a carryover from shino clay and its feldspathic glaze), the gestural iron-oxide brushwork applied before firing to produce dark chocolate-brown marks that bite into the surface, and the green copper glaze — applied separately, pooling at low points, creating areas of concentrated color that shift from jade to near-black depending on light.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe hajiki form is relatively uncommon among kogo shapes. Most kogo follow cylindrical or flat-disc profiles for ease of stacking and storage within the tea box. The hajiki-gata, with its swollen belly and slight verticality, occupies more presence in the palm — it is a form that asks to be held, not merely displayed. The sculptural floral knob reinforces this: it is too intricate to be accidental, too restrained to be showy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTetsuzan's tomobako inscription confirms attribution and provides the ceremonial framing expected by serious collectors. For practitioners of chado, a kogo with tomobako carries context — the box is part of the object's identity, not merely its packaging. This piece is complete in every meaningful sense.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor collectors building a Mino-ware study collection or seeking a representative Oribe object in fine condition, this kogo occupies a considered position: not decorative accent, but functional evidence of a tradition that understood beauty as something that holds its form under use.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ JAPANESE DESCRIPTION \/ 日本語解説 ]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e■ 基本詳細\u003cbr\u003e作家：松本鐵山\u003cbr\u003e技法：織部焼（鉄絵＋緑釉）\u003cbr\u003e年代：2000年代初頭（現代作）\u003cbr\u003e産地：美濃（岐阜県）\u003cbr\u003e形：ハジキ香合\u003cbr\u003e寸法：高さ約6cm、径約7cm\u003cbr\u003e箱：共箱（作家自筆書・印入り）\u003cbr\u003e状態：ヒビ・カケなし、良好\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e■ 文化・芸術的解説\u003cbr\u003e織部焼は桃山時代後期、古田織部の美意識のもとに生まれた。千利休の侘びを継承しながらも、その方向を意図的に曲げ、歪み・破格・対比の美へと押し広げた陶芸様式である。白い志野地に流れ落ちる鉄絵の縦線、そして別の季節から溢れ出すように蓋面に広がる緑釉――この二つの表情が一器に同居することに、織部の本質がある。\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eハジキ形は秋の柿の実を思わせる、丸く低く座った香合の形。茶席においてもっとも手に触れることを前提とした器のひとつである。遠くから鑑賞されるのではなく、掌に受け取られ、渡される。その小さな重みのなかに、季節と記憶が宿る。\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e■ 深層解説\u003cbr\u003e松本鐵山は美濃の織部の系譜を継ぐ現代作家として、このハジキ香合においても伝統的な様式語彙を誠実に用いている。蓋に鎮座する花形摘みは細工が行き届きながらも過剰でなく、作家の節度を示す。鉄絵の縦線は装飾的なモチーフではなく、白地に対する構造的な問いかけである――勢いよく引き下ろされた筆跡が、器全体に緊張と生気をあたえる。\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e共箱は単なる梱包材ではなく、作品の来歴と同定の証である。茶道の文脈において、共箱付きの道具はその出自を保証される。本作は香合としての機能、織部としての美学、そして記録としての共箱を完備した、実質的に完全な一点である。\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":61876314308978,"sku":"260524_a_2885","price":711.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/5680\/3698\/files\/m23653459864_1.jpg?v=1779629745","url":"https:\/\/checkout.themodernzenarchive.com\/products\/oribe-hajiki-kogo-incense-container-by-matsumoto-tetsuzan-mino-ware-tomobako","provider":"The Modern Zen Archive","version":"1.0","type":"link"}