{"product_id":"tamai-shinsaku-sakura-maki-e-hira-natsume-gold-nashiji-interior","title":"Tamai Shinsaku Sakura Maki-e Hira-Natsume, Gold Nashiji Interior","description":"A hira-natsume (flat tea caddy) of exceptional technical accomplishment by Tamai Shinsaku — the lid surface bearing a full cherry tree in dense gold maki-e, the interior finished in gold nashiji ground with scattered blossoms, the underside of the lid decorated in continuation. Comes in the artist's original tomobako, inscribed 「平棗 桜 信」.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ BASIC DETAILS ]\u003cbr\u003e• Artist: Tamai Shinsaku (玉井信作)\u003cbr\u003e• Technique: Gold maki-e on black urushi lacquer; gold nashiji interior\u003cbr\u003e• Motif: Sakura — full cherry tree with cascading blossoms\u003cbr\u003e• Dimensions: H. approx. 5.5 cm × Dia. approx. 7.9 cm\u003cbr\u003e• Condition: Excellent\u003cbr\u003e• Provenance: Original tomobako inscribed by artist\u003cbr\u003e• SKU: 260228_a_2167\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ CULTURAL INSIGHT ]\u003cbr\u003eThe hira-natsume — flat caddy — is associated with thin tea, with openness, with the seasonal register of the tea room. When its surface carries a cherry tree, the object becomes a vehicle for a specific cultural feeling: the brief, full flowering that defines Japanese aesthetic consciousness. Tamai Shinsaku does not suggest the cherry tree. He builds it — trunk rising from one side, branches extending across the lid, each blossom a discrete maki-e application. The interior nashiji answers the exterior with light from within.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ DEEP-DIVE ]\u003cbr\u003eThe sakura tree on this hira-natsume is rendered through hundreds of individually applied gold maki-e points, forming a composition that holds structural integrity and visual density in careful balance. The trunk grounds the design; the branches carry the blossoms outward without crowding. The interior gold nashiji — a ground of fine gold dust suspended in lacquer, producing the texture of pear skin — signals that the maker's attention did not stop at the visible surface. Lid underside decoration completes the object as a fully considered form. Tamai Shinsaku's inscription on the box is both documentation and signature of confidence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ 日本語解説 ]\u003cbr\u003e玉井信作による桜蒔絵平棗。黒漆地の蓋表に満開の桜樹を精緻な金蒔絵で表現。幹が一方から立ち上がり、枝が全面に広がる構図は力強く、蒔絵の密度と繊細さが両立している。内部は金梨子地に桜花を描き、蓋裏にも装飾を施す。仕事の水準は極めて高い。「平棗 桜 信」と記した共箱付き。状態良好。\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":61626878689650,"sku":"260228_a_2167","price":4277.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/5680\/3698\/files\/m68987106760_1.jpg?v=1772289480","url":"https:\/\/checkout.themodernzenarchive.com\/products\/tamai-shinsaku-sakura-maki-e-hira-natsume-gold-nashiji-interior","provider":"The Modern Zen Archive","version":"1.0","type":"link"}