{"product_id":"red-plum-blossom-sake-cup-by-arakawa-takeo-suigetsu-kiln-mino-ware","title":"Red Plum Blossom Sake Cup by Arakawa Takeo - Suigetsu Kiln Mino Ware","description":"Experience authentic Japanese sake culture with this Red Plum Blossom Sake Cup. This Mino Ware Guinomi serves as a Sake Cup Art piece and Overglaze Enamel work, featuring Plum Blossom Design and Gold Accent Detail—a must-have for any collector seeking Mino Tradition and Shino Style artistry.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ BASIC DETAILS ]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e• Artist: Arakawa Takeo (荒川武夫)\u003cbr\u003e• Technique: Overglaze enamel (iro-e) with gold accents on Shino-style body\u003cbr\u003e• Era: Contemporary (Heisei–Reiwa period)\u003cbr\u003e• Origin: Tajimi, Gifu Prefecture, Japan – Kokeisan Suigetsu kiln (苔石山水月窯)\u003cbr\u003e• Dimensions: Diameter approx. 5.7 cm × Height approx. 4.5 cm (2.2\" × 1.8\")\u003cbr\u003e• Box: Tomobako (artist-signed wooden box)\u003cbr\u003e• Condition: Near mint – no chips, cracks, or repairs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ CULTURAL \u0026amp; ARTISTIC INSIGHT ]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA cylindrical guinomi adorned with vivid red plum blossoms (kobai-mon) rendered in overglaze enamel with gold accents at each flower center. The white Shino-style body provides a luminous ground that amplifies the warmth and delicacy of each blossom. Created at the Kokeisan Suigetsu kiln in Tajimi—the heartland of Mino ceramic tradition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe plum blossom has held deep resonance in East Asian aesthetics for centuries, symbolizing perseverance and renewal as the first flower to bloom in late winter. Arakawa Takeo captures this spirit with disciplined brushwork that balances precision with organic vitality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*\"The plum does not wait for spring to be declared. It blooms into the cold and calls it enough.\"*\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ DEEP-DIVE COMMENTARY ]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**Mino Heritage**: The Mino region of Gifu Prefecture has been a center of Japanese ceramics for over a thousand years, producing iconic styles including Shino, Oribe, Ki-Seto, and Setoguro. The Suigetsu kiln carries this heritage into contemporary practice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**Iro-e Technique**: Overglaze enamel painting (iro-e) requires multiple firings—first the base glaze, then successive applications of colored enamels at progressively lower temperatures. The gold accents are applied last, demanding the steadiest hand.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**Collector Significance**: Works combining Mino tradition with refined overglaze decoration represent a distinctive approach within the broader Shino lineage, bridging rustic and refined aesthetics in a single vessel.\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：荒川武夫\u003cbr\u003e• 技法：色絵・金彩・志野風素地\u003cbr\u003e• 時代：現代（平成〜令和）\u003cbr\u003e• 産地：岐阜県多治見（苔石山水月窯）\u003cbr\u003e• 寸法：口径約5.7cm × 高さ約4.5cm\u003cbr\u003e• 付属：共箱\u003cbr\u003e• 状態：極美品\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e【解説】\u003cbr\u003e荒川武夫は美濃焼の伝統を受け継ぐ苔石山水月窯の陶芸家です。本作は志野風の白い素地に、鮮やかな紅梅文を色絵と金彩で描いた酒盃です。\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e花弁の中心に金彩を置くことで、紅梅の華やかさと志野の素朴さが見事に調和しています。円筒形のフォルムは手に馴染みがよく、日本酒を楽しむのに理想的な一杯です。\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*A single branch in bloom holds the whole weight of spring.*","brand":"The Modern Zen Archive","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":61593282380146,"sku":"260113_a_1569","price":1577.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/5680\/3698\/files\/m29723477273_3.jpg?v=1771077924","url":"https:\/\/checkout.themodernzenarchive.com\/products\/red-plum-blossom-sake-cup-by-arakawa-takeo-suigetsu-kiln-mino-ware","provider":"The Modern Zen Archive","version":"1.0","type":"link"}