{"product_id":"shigaraki-hira-chawan-by-rakusai-natural-ash-glaze-with-bidoro-signed-wood-box","title":"Shigaraki Hira-Chawan by Rakusai — Natural Ash Glaze with Bidoro, Signed Wood Box","description":"A wide, low tea bowl from Shigaraki, bearing the mark of Rakusai. The form is deliberately unhurried — broad and shallow, shaped to hold the whisk's movement with ease.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ BASIC DETAILS ]\u003cbr\u003eCondition: No damage. Comes with original signed wooden storage box (tomobako). Diameter 16.2 cm, height 5 cm. Suitable for matcha preparation in the style of hira-chawan, particularly appropriate for summer use.\u003cbr\u003e• SKU: 260413_a_2723\u003cbr\u003e• Includes: Signed wooden storage box (tomobako)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ CULTURAL \u0026amp; ARTISTIC INSIGHT ]\u003cbr\u003eThe exterior carries the raw character of Shigaraki clay: coarse-grained, sun-colored, with the grit of the mountain earth still present on the surface. The interior draws the eye inward. A warm reddish-brown ground catches the natural ash glaze as it pools and settles, producing a bidoro effect — that glassy, jade-tinged luminescence that only wood-fired kilns generate through chance and patience. The swirl of the potter's hand is preserved in the interior contour.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ DEEP-DIVE COMMENTARY ]\u003cbr\u003eShigaraki is one of Japan's Six Ancient Kilns, with a tradition reaching back to the Nara period. The aesthetic it embodies — rough, direct, deeply earthen — has long found a home in the tea ceremony, valued precisely because it refuses elegance in the conventional sense. Rakusai works within this tradition without apology.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ 日本語解説 ]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e【信楽焼 平茶碗 楽斎造 共箱 抹茶碗 茶道具】\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e信楽焼平茶碗。楽斎造の銘。自然釉の温かみある発色、ビードロの景色あり。共箱付。ヒビ欠けなし。信楽らしい素朴で力強い作行き。高橋楽斎系の可能性あり\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Modern Zen Archiveが厳選した茶道具コレクションの一品です。\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":61771473125746,"sku":"260413_a_2723","price":674.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/5680\/3698\/files\/m59886763910_1.jpg?v=1776042499","url":"https:\/\/checkout.themodernzenarchive.com\/products\/shigaraki-hira-chawan-by-rakusai-natural-ash-glaze-with-bidoro-signed-wood-box","provider":"The Modern Zen Archive","version":"1.0","type":"link"}