Taihi Tenmoku Tea Bowl Kutani Ware Togaku Kiln — Amber-Mottled Glaze Chawan

A rare taihi tenmoku tea bowl from Kutani ware's Togaku kiln — amber-mottled tenmoku glaze, Japanese chawan, Kutani ceramics, tenmoku tea bowl, Japanese tea ceremony, wabi-sabi pottery, signed wooden box, matcha bowl, studio pottery Japan, collectible chawan, dark glaze tea bowl, hand-thrown stoneware, Japanese art pottery.

Diameter: 12.5 cm | Height: 6 cm
Condition: No cracks or chips. Original signed wooden box included; box shows age-related staining and tape marks.
Kiln: Togaku (陶岳窯), Kutani ware
SKU: 260402_a_2616


🔹 [ BASIC DETAILS ]
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[ Cultural & Artistic Insight ]
Taihi tenmoku — named for its amber-mottled surface pattern (玳皮, a classical Chinese glaze lineage term) — belongs to a lineage of glazed wares that first entered Japan from Song Dynasty China through Zen Buddhist monks returning from study at Jianyang kilns in Fujian province. The characteristic silver-brown mottling emerges from iron-rich slip that pools and separates during the high-temperature firing, a process that cannot be fully controlled or predicted. Each bowl is therefore unrepeatable — a document of a specific fire on a specific day.

[ Deep-Dive Commentary ]
Kutani ware (九谷焼), produced in the mountains of Ishikawa Prefecture, is best known for its bold overglaze enamels, but kilns such as Togaku have long pursued a parallel and quieter tradition: the study of Chinese Song-period glazes. The Togaku kiln interprets the taihi tenmoku vocabulary through a Kutani sensibility — the wide, stable form gives the glaze field room to develop its full meteorological drama, while the foot-ring is trimmed with the precision that Ishikawa craftsmen bring to every category of ceramic work. The signed wooden box confirms intentional authorship: this was made by an identified hand, not as commercial ware but as a considered object.

[ 玳皮天目 九谷焼 陶岳窯 茶碗 ]
九谷焼陶岳窯による玳皮天目茶碗。鉄釉が高温焼成中に分離・凝集することで生まれる銀褐色の玳皮文様は、宋代建窯の天目釉を継承しながら、九谷の精緻な造形感覚によって現代に再解釈された一碗。幅広の形状が釉景の展開を最大限に引き出す。共箱付き（箱に染み・テープ跡あり）。



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