{"product_id":"taniguchi-shohachi-kohiki-tea-bowl-with-enso-japanese-chawan","title":"Taniguchi Shohachi Kohiki Tea Bowl with Enso — Japanese Chawan","description":"Experience authentic Japanese tea ceremony ware with this Taniguchi Shohachi Kohiki Tea Bowl. This handcrafted chawan serves as a functional matcha bowl and contemplative art object, featuring white slip kohiki technique and a bold iron-painted enso circle—a must-have for any collector of Japanese ceramics seeking wabi-sabi aesthetics and Zen-inspired pottery.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ BASIC DETAILS ]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e• Artist: Taniguchi Shohachi (谷口祥八)\u003cbr\u003e• Technique: Kohiki (粉引) — white slip over dark clay body, with iron-painted enso\u003cbr\u003e• Era: Contemporary\u003cbr\u003e• Origin: Kyoto, Japan\u003cbr\u003e• Dimensions: Diameter approx. 12 cm × Height approx. 8 cm (4.7\" × 3.1\")\u003cbr\u003e• Box: None\u003cbr\u003e• Condition: Good — natural crazing consistent with kohiki technique; no chips or repairs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ CULTURAL \u0026amp; ARTISTIC INSIGHT ]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKohiki — literally \"powdered\" — is a technique with roots in Korean Joseon dynasty ceramics, adopted and refined by Japanese potters over centuries. A dark clay body is coated in white slip before glazing, creating a surface that breathes with warmth and subtle variation. Where the slip thins, the dark earth beneath surfaces like a whisper, reminding the viewer that beauty is never uniform.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat distinguishes this particular bowl is the single iron-painted enso on its body. The enso — an open or closed circle drawn in one uninhibited brushstroke — is among the most potent symbols in Zen Buddhism. It speaks of emptiness and fullness simultaneously, of the moment the brush touches clay and the moment it lifts away. Taniguchi Shohachi's enso here is confident and unhesitating, its weight anchoring the otherwise quiet kohiki surface.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*\"A single circle drawn without correction — the hand reveals what the mind already knows.\"*\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ DEEP-DIVE COMMENTARY ]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**Kohiki as Living Surface**: The white slip develops a network of fine crazing over time, each line a record of thermal memory. Tea seeps into these cracks during use, slowly deepening the surface character — a process tea practitioners call \"nurturing\" (育てる) the bowl.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**The Enso Tradition on Ceramics**: While enso paintings on paper are well known, an enso rendered in iron oxide on a tea bowl carries different weight. The curved surface distorts the circle as the viewer turns the bowl, making the brushstroke shift and breathe with each new angle.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**Taniguchi Shohachi's Approach**: Working from Kyoto, Taniguchi draws on the city's deep lineage of tea culture ceramics. His kohiki work favors restraint — allowing the natural dialogue between dark clay and white slip to speak without overstatement.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**The Unglazed Foot**: The sandy, unglazed kodai (foot ring) reveals the dark clay beneath, grounding the bowl both physically and visually. In tea practice, examining the foot is an intimate gesture — it is where the potter's hand is most directly present.\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：谷口祥八\u003cbr\u003e• 技法：粉引（鉄絵円相）\u003cbr\u003e• 時代：現代\u003cbr\u003e• 産地：京都\u003cbr\u003e• 寸法：口径 約12cm × 高さ 約8cm\u003cbr\u003e• 付属：なし\u003cbr\u003e• 状態：良好 — 粉引特有の貫入あり、欠け・修理なし\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e【解説】\u003cbr\u003e粉引は、暗色の素地に白化粧土を施す技法で、朝鮮半島の李朝陶磁に源を持ちます。白い肌の下から覆く黒土の気配が、温もりと奥行きを生み出します。\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e本作の見どころは、胴に大胆に描かれた鉄絵の円相です。一筆で迷いなく引かれた円は、禅の精神を体現し、静かな粉引の肌に凛とした存在感を与えています。谷口祥八氏の京都での作陶は、茶の湯の伝統に根差しながらも、現代の感性を宿す仕事です。\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*Where dark clay meets white slip, silence takes form.*","brand":"The Modern Zen Archive","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":61597010100594,"sku":"260121_a_1634","price":590.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/5680\/3698\/files\/m37288897284_2.png?v=1771225379","url":"https:\/\/checkout.themodernzenarchive.com\/products\/taniguchi-shohachi-kohiki-tea-bowl-with-enso-japanese-chawan","provider":"The Modern Zen Archive","version":"1.0","type":"link"}