{"product_id":"takatsuru-jun-kannon-do-yaki-flat-tea-bowl-ash-swept-hirachawan","title":"Takatsuru Jun Kannon-do-yaki Flat Tea Bowl — Ash-Swept Hirachawan","description":"Experience authentic Japanese tea ceramics with this Takatsuru Jun Kannon-do-yaki Flat Tea Bowl. This hirachawan serves as a functional chawan and sculptural vessel, featuring natural ash glaze and rough clay texture—a must-have for any collector seeking wabi-sabi aesthetics and contemplative tea ware.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ BASIC DETAILS ]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e• Artist: Takatsuru Jun (高鶴淳)\u003cbr\u003e• Kiln: Junchiku-gama (淳竹窯), Kannon-do-yaki (観音堂焼)\u003cbr\u003e• Technique: Wood-fired with natural ash deposits\u003cbr\u003e• Era: 2010 - 2019\u003cbr\u003e• Origin: Japan\u003cbr\u003e• Dimensions: 17cm × 5cm (6.7\" × 2.0\")\u003cbr\u003e• Box: Signed tomobako\u003cbr\u003e• Condition: Excellent\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ CULTURAL \u0026amp; ARTISTIC INSIGHT ]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe hirachawan—wide, shallow flat tea bowl—occupies a singular place in chanoyu. Its broad rim opens the tea surface to the air, cooling the matcha quickly, making it the vessel of choice for warm-weather gatherings. Yet its openness demands more of the potter: every gesture of the hand, every accident of the kiln, lies exposed. Nothing hides in a hirachawan.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTakatsuru Jun works from the Junchiku kiln, a workshop rooted in the temple-associated tradition of Kannon-do-yaki. His practice centers on local clay bodies fired with natural wood ash—materials drawn directly from the geography that surrounds the kiln. The result is ceramics that carry the density of intention found only in makers who refuse to separate place from process.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis particular bowl reads like a weathered landscape seen from above. White ash deposits scatter across the dark grey-brown surface in drifts and clusters, as though snowfall settled onto volcanic stone. The gritty, mineral-rich clay body remains deliberately unrefined, preserving a tactile honesty that speaks before the eye can interpret.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*\"A bowl this open has nowhere to hide. What remains is only what the fire chose to leave.\"*\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ DEEP-DIVE COMMENTARY ]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**Surface as Geography**: The ash-covered exterior does not decorate—it documents. Each white deposit marks where combustion gases contacted clay, a forensic record of the kiln’s interior weather. The result carries a sense of deep time, as though the bowl had been unearthed rather than made.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**Clay Body as Foundation**: The rough, gritty texture is no accident. Takatsuru selects clay with visible mineral inclusions, embracing the material’s native character rather than refining it into submission. In the hand, the bowl feels anchored—substantial despite its shallow profile.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**The Shallow Form**: At just 5cm tall with a 17cm span, this hirachawan presents matcha as a wide, calm surface. The proportions invite slowness. Tea prepared here is not consumed—it is witnessed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**Tomobako as Testimony**: The signed wooden box bears the inscription 観音寺焼 平茶碗 with the artist’s signature 淳作, confirming authorship and lineage. The box is not packaging; it is provenance made physical.\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：高鶴淳（たかつる じゅん）\u003cbr\u003e• 窯：淳竹窯（観音堂焼）\u003cbr\u003e• 技法：薪窯焼成・自然灰釉\u003cbr\u003e• 時代：2010年代\u003cbr\u003e• 産地：日本\u003cbr\u003e• 寸法：径17cm × 高5cm\u003cbr\u003e• 付属：共箱（「観音寺焼 平茶碗」「淳作」銘）\u003cbr\u003e• 状態：良好\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e【解説】\u003cbr\u003e観音堂焼・淳竹窯の高鶴淳による平茶碗。地元の荒い土味を活かし、薪窯による自然灰を全面にまとった一碗です。\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e広く浅い器形は夏茶碗として理想的な造形であり、灰白色の降灰が暗灰褐色の素地に散る様は、荒涼とした風景を俯瞰するかのような趣があります。小さな高台から広がる薄い口縁まで、削ぎ落とされた造形に作家の意志が宿ります。\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e手に取ると土の粒子が指先に伝わり、釉薬で覆い隠されることのない土そのものの存在感を感じます。茶を点てる所作の中で、この碗は静かに場を支配します。\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 landscape compressed into clay—waiting to be held.*","brand":"The Modern Zen Archive","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":61593220612466,"sku":"260113_a_1530","price":828.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/5680\/3698\/files\/m39720674487_1.jpg?v=1771031264","url":"https:\/\/checkout.themodernzenarchive.com\/products\/takatsuru-jun-kannon-do-yaki-flat-tea-bowl-ash-swept-hirachawan","provider":"The Modern Zen Archive","version":"1.0","type":"link"}