{"product_id":"willow-cherry-blossom-maki-e-o-natsume-murata-sokaku-silver-interior-tea-caddy","title":"Willow \u0026 Cherry Blossom Maki-e O-Natsume | Murata Sokaku Silver Interior Tea Caddy","description":"A black lacquer o-natsume by Murata Sokaku — every surface, without interruption, given over to willow branches trailing downward and cherry blossoms opening outward, all in fine gold maki-e on a field that recedes into black. The silver interior catches the light when the lid lifts. There is nothing restrained about this piece. It is a full declaration.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMaki-e of this density — covering the entire surface of a turned lacquer form without a single unworked area — represents one of the highest demands in Japanese lacquer art. The artist must plan the composition to wrap continuously around a cylinder, the design resolved in three dimensions before a single brushstroke is applied in gold powder.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMurata Sokaku works in the tradition of Japanese maki-e lacquerware, bringing together the yanagi (柳, weeping willow) motif — one of Japanese art's most persistent images of grace and yielding strength — with sakura (桜, cherry blossom), the definitive sign of spring's brief, unhesitating arrival.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe willow hangs. The cherry falls. Together they describe a season that is already leaving while it arrives — the quality Japanese aesthetics calls mono no aware, the pathos of transience. Holding this caddy during a tea gathering, one holds that awareness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSilver interior (uchi-gin-ji) adds a second register of light to the piece — the exterior gold brilliant against black, the interior silver present only when opened. Signed with artist's seal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e【日本語説明】\u003cbr\u003e村田宗覚作、柳桜蒔絵内銀地大棗。黒漆地に全面を覆う柳と桜の金蒔絵が圧倒的な存在感を放ちます。直径約7cm、高さ約7.2cmの端正なプロポーションに、極めて精密な筆致で描かれた柳の枝と桜の花びらが、蓋・胴・底まで途切れることなく続きます。内側は銀地仕上げで、蓋を開けるたびに新たな輝きが現れます。宗覚の落款付きで、茶道具として最高水準の一点です。\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":61661582066034,"sku":"260316_a_2445","price":2161.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/5680\/3698\/files\/m94999263380_1.jpg?v=1773638759","url":"https:\/\/checkout.themodernzenarchive.com\/products\/willow-cherry-blossom-maki-e-o-natsume-murata-sokaku-silver-interior-tea-caddy","provider":"The Modern Zen Archive","version":"1.0","type":"link"}