{"product_id":"otao-shigenori-yukibuki-willow-bridge-gold-maki-e-lacquer","title":"Otao Shigenori Yukibuki — Willow Bridge Gold Maki-e Lacquer","description":"A yukibuki (cylindrical lacquer caddy) in mirror-black lacquer by Otao Shigenori, its surface animated by a gold maki-e composition of weeping willow and arched bridge. The fine gold line work does not ornament the black — it inhabits it, the willow trailing across both body and lid as though the composition preceded the object.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[ DETAILS ]\u003cbr\u003e• Type: Yukibuki (cylindrical tea caddy)\u003cbr\u003e• Maker: 大多尾重則 (Otao Shigenori)\u003cbr\u003e• Decoration: Yanagibashi (willow and bridge) in gold maki-e on black lacquer\u003cbr\u003e• Provenance: Signed storage box with yellow cord\u003cbr\u003e• Dimensions: Height approx. 7.4 cm, diameter approx. 6.8 cm\u003cbr\u003e• Condition: Excellent; gold work crisp throughout\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[ CULTURAL INSIGHT ]\u003cbr\u003eThe willow and bridge composition carries multiple registers in Japanese aesthetics: the willow's yielding posture (flexibility before force), the bridge as passage between states, the gold line as the surviving trace of a moment the eye cannot hold. In the tea room, a yukibuki holds the powdered tea. The image on its surface is not incidental — it is chosen each time the caddy is placed in the tokonoma.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[ DEEP DIVE ]\u003cbr\u003eOtao Shigenori works within the high tradition of Kyoto maki-e where the composition is designed to read across the cylindrical form — no single viewpoint exhausts the image. The arched bridge appears at one angle, the trailing willow at another; the caddy rewards rotation. The contrast of matte gold line against glossy black lacquer is a technical choice as much as an aesthetic one: the eye must move, must search, to follow the image.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e【大多尾重則 柳橋蒔絵 雪吹 茶道具】\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e黒漆地に金蒔絵で柳橋を描いた雪吹。大多尾重則作、共箱付き。細やかな蒔絵の線が黒漆の中に橋と柳を浮かび上がらせる。\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","brand":"The Modern Zen Archive","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":61687511581042,"sku":"260318_a_2527","price":1055.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/5680\/3698\/files\/m73371644144_1.jpg?v=1774106071","url":"https:\/\/checkout.themodernzenarchive.com\/products\/otao-shigenori-yukibuki-willow-bridge-gold-maki-e-lacquer","provider":"The Modern Zen Archive","version":"1.0","type":"link"}