{"product_id":"shino-chawan-by-yano-keisen-white-glaze-tea-bowl-with-signed-box","title":"Shino Chawan by Yano Keisen — White Glaze Tea Bowl with Signed Box","description":"A white shino tea bowl that carries snow in its surface. The irregular cream glaze pools and thins across hand-built walls, iron spotting emerging like ink through winter frost — a landscape that forms itself each time light passes. Yano Keisen presented a tea bowl to the Crown Prince at the Imperial Wedding. That act of authorship now belongs to this object.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[ BASIC DETAILS ]\u003cbr\u003e• Artist: Yano Keisen (矢野景川)\u003cbr\u003e• Ware: Shino-yaki (志野焼)\u003cbr\u003e• Dimensions: diameter 12.5 cm × height 7.0 cm\u003cbr\u003e• Condition: Good vintage condition\u003cbr\u003e• Provenance: Signed wooden box (tomobako) included\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[ CULTURAL CONTEXT ]\u003cbr\u003eShino ware emerged in Mino province in the late Momoyama period and became the first Japanese-originated glaze tradition, distinct from Chinese influence. The thick feldspar glaze — white, porous, alive with iron flecks — became the preferred vessel for the wabi tea aesthetic that Sen no Rikyu shaped. Yano Keisen worked within this lineage, bringing a formal sensibility that earned him recognition at the Imperial level. The rough outer surface conceals a smooth interior that holds the green of matcha with clarity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[ DEEP DIVE ]\u003cbr\u003eThe form here is atypical shino — not the soft cylinder but a compressed, outward-flaring shape that widens at the rim. The foot is modest and grounded. The walls carry visible hand pressure: asymmetries that make the bowl alive in the hand. On one face, iron speckle clusters toward the base in a pattern resembling scattered leaves. On the opposite face, the glaze runs cleaner, luminous. This is how shino bowls are used — rotated, the front and back offering two different silences.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e【日本語説明】\u003cbr\u003e矢野景川作の志野茶碗です。皇太子殿下御成婚の際に茶碗を献上した記録を持つ作家による一碗。白志野特有の厚い長石釉が器面を覆い、鉄点が散在する野趣ある景色を呈しています。共箱付き。茶道の稽古・お茶会のお道具として、また床飾りとしても。\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":61633047953778,"sku":"260304_a_2307","price":943.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/5680\/3698\/files\/m93395339320_1.jpg?v=1772637921","url":"https:\/\/checkout.themodernzenarchive.com\/products\/shino-chawan-by-yano-keisen-white-glaze-tea-bowl-with-signed-box","provider":"The Modern Zen Archive","version":"1.0","type":"link"}