{"product_id":"takarazukushi-maki-e-naka-natsume-by-tanaka-soryo-gold-treasure-motif-tea-caddy","title":"Takarazukushi Maki-e Naka-Natsume by Tanaka Soryo — Gold Treasure Motif Tea Caddy","description":"Tanaka Soryo painted the treasures in gold, then let the black lacquer hold them in suspension. This naka-natsume carries the takarazukushi — the constellation of auspicious objects that Japan's iconographic tradition assembled over centuries into a grammar of good fortune. The kinchaku money pouch with its cross-hatch texture. The hyotan gourd. The uchide-no-kozuchi, the mallet of wishes. Koban coins. A fan with tassels. Each object rendered with the precision of a craftsman trained within the Kogei-kai lineage, where the hand is expected to know what it is doing before it touches the lacquer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor collectors seeking a takarazukushi maki-e natsume, a Japanese gold lacquer tea caddy, a treasure motif chado utensil, Tanaka Soryo lacquerware, or a naka-natsume for tea ceremony: the object before you has been made to last past the occasion that first required it. The glossy black ground — so dense it reads as depth rather than surface — allows the gold motifs to appear not painted but present, as if they arrived at the lacquer from the other side.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe natsume is the most intimate of tea utensils. It passes between hands. It carries the thin tea. It is held with a formality that is also, always, a form of tenderness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[ BASIC DETAILS ]\u003cbr\u003e• Maker: Tanaka Soryo (田中宗凌作)\u003cbr\u003e• Technique: Maki-e on black lacquer (gold powder on urushi ground)\u003cbr\u003e• Form: Naka-natsume (medium-size tea caddy)\u003cbr\u003e• Dimensions: H 6.8 cm, D 6.6 cm\u003cbr\u003e• Condition: Excellent\u003cbr\u003e• Includes: Tomobako (artist-signed wooden box)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[ CULTURAL INSIGHT ]\u003cbr\u003eThe takarazukushi is among Japan's most persistent decorative programs — a set of auspicious objects drawn from Chinese, Buddhist, and indigenous Japanese sources, assembled by the late Muromachi period into a recognizable symbolic vocabulary. Each object in the set carries its own inheritance: the kinchaku, the purse, speaks of resources held and shared; the uchide-no-kozuchi, the mallet associated with the dwarf deity Daikokuten, grants wishes at a stroke; the hyotan, the gourd, holds medicines and miracles in equal measure. Applied to a naka-natsume, the program suggests not wealth but flourishing — the kind that accumulates through use, through practice, through the repeated act of gathering around a bowl of tea.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[ DEEP-DIVE ]\u003cbr\u003eMaki-e, the technique of applying gold or silver powder to wet lacquer before it cures, reached its peak development in the Edo period under the patronage of the Tokugawa shogunate and the great merchant houses. The technique requires a knowledge of time: the lacquer must be at the precise stage of cure — tacky but not set — when the powder is applied. Too early, and it sinks. Too late, and it does not adhere. Tanaka Soryo's application on this natsume is unhurried. The objects do not crowd one another; they orbit. The red accent that appears on certain motifs is not decoration but punctuation — a moment of warmth inside the cool authority of gold on black.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e---\u003cbr\u003e【日本語説明】\u003cbr\u003e田中宗凌による、宝尽くし蒔絵の中棗。漆黒の地に、巾着・瓢箪・打ち出の小槌・小判・扇など、吉祥文様の宝物が金蒔絵で丁寧に描かれています。工芸会系の作家による確かな技術が光る一点で、茶席での存在感は格別。各面に異なる宝が配され、見飽きることがありません。共箱付き。\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":61638306365810,"sku":"260304_a_2340","price":1665.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/5680\/3698\/files\/m13190432465_1.jpg?v=1772715451","url":"https:\/\/checkout.themodernzenarchive.com\/products\/takarazukushi-maki-e-naka-natsume-by-tanaka-soryo-gold-treasure-motif-tea-caddy","provider":"The Modern Zen Archive","version":"1.0","type":"link"}