{"product_id":"wakita-yuho-chawan-iro-e-michidori-kusa-no-e-kyo-yaki-tea-bowl-tomobako-tomobuno-shiori","title":"Wakita Yuho Chawan — Iro-e Michidori-kusa-no-e, Kyo-yaki Tea Bowl, Tomobako, Tomobuno, Shiori","description":"Wakita Yuho chawan, Kyo-yaki iro-e wildflower tea bowl, nadeshiko motif, Japanese tea ceremony bowl, tomobako signed box, color overglaze enamel, Japanese ceramics, Kyoto pottery, chakin included.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e◼ BASIC DETAILS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArtist: Wakita Yuho (脇田雄峰)\u003cbr\u003eTitle: Iro-e Michidori-kusa-no-e Chawan (色絵路鳥草ノ画 茶碗)\u003cbr\u003eWare: Kyo-yaki (Kyoto ware)\u003cbr\u003eTechnique: Iro-e (color overglaze enamel)\u003cbr\u003eMeasurements: Height approx. 7.1 cm \/ 2.8 in, Diameter approx. 11.2 cm \/ 4.4 in, Foot ring approx. 4.6 cm \/ 1.8 in\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Excellent — no chips, cracks, or repairs\u003cbr\u003eProvenance: Japan, private collection\u003cbr\u003eSet includes: Tomobako (signed artist box), tomobuno (matching cloth), shiori (artist booklet)\u003cbr\u003eSKU: 260228_a_2186\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e◼ CULTURAL INSIGHT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKyo-yaki is the collective name for ceramics made in Kyoto — a tradition shaped by centuries of proximity to the imperial court, the tea ceremony world, and the most refined aesthetic standards in Japan. Iro-e, the technique of applying multiple colors in overglaze enamel after a first firing, was developed in the seventeenth century and became the signature language of Kyoto's ceramic ateliers. Where many traditions prized restraint in clay and glaze alone, Kyo-yaki introduced the possibility of painting — giving tea ceramics the intimacy of illustration.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMichidori-kusa (路鳥草) translates loosely as \"wayside bird-and-flower,\" an old poetic category depicting modest wildflowers and birds encountered along a path. Nadeshiko — the fringed pink, or Dianthus superbus — is among the most beloved of Japan's autumn flowers, listed alongside the moon, bush clover, and arrowroot in the classical Seven Autumn Flowers. Its appearance on a tea bowl is not decoration in the ordinary sense. It is a seasonal address — an acknowledgment of where the world stands in its turning.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e◼ DEEP-DIVE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWakita Yuho works in the iro-e tradition with a line that is simultaneously precise and unhurried. On this chawan, nadeshiko blossoms are rendered in pastel gold, soft green, cream, and warm orange against a cream-white ground — each flower placed with the deliberateness of a brushstroke in calligraphy rather than the repetition of a pattern. The composition breathes. Negative space is not empty; it is held.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe tomobako reads 色絵路鳥草ノ画 茶碗 \/ 雄峰作, written in the artist's own hand. The accompanying tomobuno cloth is cut and dyed to complement the vessel. The shiori booklet carries additional documentation of the artist's intent. Together, these elements form what the tea world calls a complete transmission — not merely an object, but a record of its making and its meaning.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe foot ring is clean and carefully finished. The bowl sits with stability and lifts with ease — proportions calibrated for the hand that holds it during fukusa preparation and for the eye that receives it across a tatami mat.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e日本語解説\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e脇田雄峰による色絵茶碗。京焼の伝統に根ざし、撫子（なでしこ）を主題とした路鳥草の画を金・緑・白・橙の上絵付で繊細に描いています。筆致は流麗で一筆一筆に作者の品格が宿り、余白の取り方にも茶の湯の美意識が感じられます。四方桟共箱（箱書：色絵路鳥草ノ画 茶碗 \/ 雄峰作）・共布・栞の完品セット。状態は良好で、欠け・ニュウ・金継ぎ等はございません。\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":61626885898610,"sku":"260228_a_2186","price":848.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/5680\/3698\/files\/m23047368862_1.jpg?v=1772291440","url":"https:\/\/checkout.themodernzenarchive.com\/products\/wakita-yuho-chawan-iro-e-michidori-kusa-no-e-kyo-yaki-tea-bowl-tomobako-tomobuno-shiori","provider":"The Modern Zen Archive","version":"1.0","type":"link"}