{"product_id":"totoya-tatsuta-tea-bowl-by-imaoka-myoken-korean-style-matcha-chawan-with-signed-box","title":"Totoya Tatsuta Tea Bowl by Imaoka Myoken - Korean Style Matcha Chawan with Signed Box","description":"Experience Authentic Japan Art with this Totoya Tatsuta Tea Bowl. This Japanese Matcha Chawan serves as a Korean Style Ceramic and Handmade Tea Ceremony Bowl, featuring Wabi Sabi Earth Tone aesthetics and Rustic Stoneware Glaze—a must-have for any Art Collector seeking Zen Tea Accessories and an Imaoka Myoken Piece.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ BASIC DETAILS ]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e• Artist: Imaoka Myoken (今岡妙見)\u003cbr\u003e• Technique: Totoya (斗々屋) style, Tatsuta copy (龍田写)\u003cbr\u003e• Era: Contemporary (Heisei period)\u003cbr\u003e• Origin: Japan (Korean-inspired tradition)\u003cbr\u003e• Dimensions: Height approx. 6.5 cm, Diameter approx. 14 cm (2.6 x 5.5 in)\u003cbr\u003e• Box: Signed tomobako (共箱)\u003cbr\u003e• Condition: Excellent — no chips, cracks, or repairs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ CULTURAL \u0026amp; ARTISTIC INSIGHT ]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Totoya tradition represents one of the most fascinating intersections of Korean and Japanese ceramic culture. These bowls—originally humble Korean rice or soup vessels—were brought to Japan during the late Muromachi and Momoyama periods, where tea masters recognized in them an unaffected beauty that perfectly embodied the wabi-cha ideal. The name \"Totoya\" derives from a fish shop owner in Sakai who first presented such a bowl for tea use.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis particular bowl is a \"Tatsuta-utsushi\" (龍田写)—a copy inspired by the famous Totoya Tatsuta, named after the Tatsuta River celebrated in classical poetry for its autumn maple leaves. The wide, conical form with thin walls and exposed clay body creates a visual landscape of earth tones that evokes autumn hillsides. The sparse, thin glaze partially covers the rough stoneware surface, allowing the raw clay to breathe and speak.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe rough, deliberately primitive kodai (foot ring) is characteristic of Korean pottery tradition, where the foot was trimmed quickly with minimal refinement. Japanese tea aesthetics found in this roughness a profound beauty—the unselfconscious mark of a craftsman focused on function rather than display.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*\"Like autumn leaves settling on the Tatsuta River, this bowl carries centuries of crossing between two cultures in a single quiet form.\"*\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ DEEP-DIVE COMMENTARY ]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**The Totoya Legacy**: Totoya bowls occupy a distinguished position in the hierarchy of tea ceramics. Classified among the koraimono (高麗物, Korean tea wares), they are ranked just below Ido bowls in prestige. Their defining characteristics—thin walls, wide conical shape, sandy clay body, and minimal glazing—represent the antithesis of decorative ceramics, embodying the wabi principle of beauty through restraint.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**The Tatsuta Lineage**: The original Totoya Tatsuta is one of several named masterpieces in the Totoya category. Its poetic name connects it to waka verse traditions celebrating the Tatsuta River in Nara Prefecture, famous for its autumn colors. By creating a \"Tatsuta-utsushi,\" Imaoka Myoken enters a dialogue with this centuries-old masterpiece, interpreting its spirit through contemporary hands while honoring its essential character.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**Technical Character**: The bowl's surface reveals the natural qualities of the clay body with minimal intervention. The thin, partially applied glaze creates a landscape effect where glazed and unglazed areas interact. The rough kodai is trimmed in the Korean manner—quick, confident cuts that leave tool marks visible as aesthetic elements. This deliberate roughness requires skill to execute convincingly.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**Collector Significance**: Totoya-style bowls appeal to collectors who appreciate the deepest layers of tea culture. They represent the moment when Japanese tea masters looked beyond their own ceramic tradition and found transcendent beauty in Korean folk pottery—a cross-cultural appreciation that continues to define the highest ideals of chanoyu.\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：今岡妙見\u003cbr\u003e• 技法：斗々屋写し（龍田写）\u003cbr\u003e• 時代：現代（平成期）\u003cbr\u003e• 産地：日本（朝鮮茶碗の写し）\u003cbr\u003e• 寸法：高さ約6.5cm、口径約14cm\u003cbr\u003e• 付属：共箱\u003cbr\u003e• 状態：良好（割れ・欠けなし）\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e【解説】\u003cbr\u003e斗々屋茶碗は、朝鮮半島の日用雑器に茶の湯の美を見出した高麗茶碗の一種です。堺の魚屋（ととや）がこの手の碗を茶席に供したことに名の由来があるとされ、井戸茶碗に次ぐ格を持つ茶碗として珍重されてきました。\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e本作は「龍田写」と銘された斗々屋で、紅葉の名所・龍田川にちなむ本歌の写しです。薄手の壁面が大きく開いた椀形は斗々屋の典型であり、砂気の多い素地に薄く掛けられた釉薬が、土の表情をそのまま生かしています。高台は朝鮮陶器特有の荒々しい削りで、作為のない力強さが感じられます。\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e今岡妙見は朝鮮茶碗の写しを得意とする作家で、本作においても本歌の精神を現代の手で忠実に解釈しています。薄造りの端正さと土味の素朴さが共存する、茶人好みの一碗です。\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*Two cultures meet in clay and silence—a bowl that remembers the Tatsuta River and the autumn it has never seen.*","brand":"The Modern Zen Archive","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":61584945447282,"sku":"251030_a_1344","price":951.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/5680\/3698\/files\/m98616542988_1.jpg?v=1770777996","url":"https:\/\/checkout.themodernzenarchive.com\/products\/totoya-tatsuta-tea-bowl-by-imaoka-myoken-korean-style-matcha-chawan-with-signed-box","provider":"The Modern Zen Archive","version":"1.0","type":"link"}