{"product_id":"ueda-juho-shigaraki-ware-matcha-bowl-hand-thrown-red-clay-feldspar-tomobako","title":"Ueda Juho Shigaraki Ware Matcha Bowl Hand-Thrown Red Clay Feldspar Tomobako","description":"A Shigaraki chawan by Ueda Juho (上田寿方) — a warm, deeply earthen bowl in the dialect of one of Japan's oldest ceramic traditions. The clay body is the particular red-brown of Shigaraki's iron-bearing soil, scattered throughout with white feldspar granules that surface through the glaze like a geology lesson rendered in miniature. The walls carry the trace of wheel throwing in quiet horizontal rhythm, the form settling into a compact, grounded silhouette.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe interior holds a smooth, slightly darker surface that reads as intimate against the rougher exterior character. The foot ring is unglazed, showing the fired clay directly. The piece comes in its original signed tomobako.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e▸ Type: Matcha bowl (chawan), Shigaraki-yaki\u003cbr\u003e▸ Artist: Ueda Juho (上田寿方)\u003cbr\u003e▸ Kiln: Shigaraki, Shiga Prefecture\u003cbr\u003e▸ Dimensions: Diameter approx. 12.0 cm, height approx. 8.0 cm\u003cbr\u003e▸ Box: Tomobako (signed)\u003cbr\u003e▸ Condition: Good vintage condition\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e◆ Shigaraki — Earth and Fire\u003cbr\u003eShigaraki is among the Six Ancient Kilns of Japan, a designation that marks it as one of the continuous firing traditions that predate the formal tea ceremony itself. Shigaraki clay is high in feldspar and iron; when fired in wood kilns, it produces the characteristic warm-orange body with white feldspar pops and, in some firings, natural ash glaze effects. The Shigaraki aesthetic is synonymous with the wabi sensibility — an aesthetic of quiet irregularity and material honesty.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e◆ The Feldspathic Surface\u003cbr\u003eThe white mineral inclusions in this bowl are not decoration: they are the clay body itself, its geological composition made visible by heat. Each white point is a feldspar crystal that has survived the kiln unchanged, a record of where the bowl came from.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e【日本語説明】\u003cbr\u003e信楽焼・上田寿方作の抹茶碗。温かみのある赤褐色の土味に白い長石粒が散る信楽らしい一碗。ろくろ挽き成形。共箱付き。直径約12.0cm・高さ約8.0cm。\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":61633044906354,"sku":"260304_a_2298","price":655.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/5680\/3698\/files\/m38584614557_1.jpg?v=1772637410","url":"https:\/\/checkout.themodernzenarchive.com\/products\/ueda-juho-shigaraki-ware-matcha-bowl-hand-thrown-red-clay-feldspar-tomobako","provider":"The Modern Zen Archive","version":"1.0","type":"link"}