{"product_id":"yoshida-ippo-ikkan-nuri-natsume-sokuchusai-tokusa-design","title":"Yoshida Ippo Ikkan Nuri Natsume — Sokuchusai Tokusa Design","description":"A natsume bearing the formal endorsement of Sokuchusai, 14th grandmaster of Omotesenke — one of the most significant living authorities in Japanese tea ceremony. Crafted by Yoshida Ippo in ikkan-nuri technique, the surface carries fine gold lines depicting tokusa (horsetail plant) against deep black lacquer. The restraint of the design is its presence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ BASIC DETAILS ]\u003cbr\u003e• Artist: Yoshida Ippo\u003cbr\u003e• Form: Natsume (tea caddy), chū-natsume\u003cbr\u003e• Dimensions: Diameter 7 cm, Height 7 cm\u003cbr\u003e• Condition: No damage\u003cbr\u003e• Box: Tomobako (original wooden box)\u003cbr\u003e• Technique: Ikkan-nuri (paper-core lacquer), gold line decoration\u003cbr\u003e• Motif: Tokusa (horsetail plant)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ CULTURAL INSIGHT ]\u003cbr\u003eThe tokusa motif — vertical, rhythmic, spare — is among the most enduring in Japanese decorative arts. Its geometry suggests discipline without severity. Sokuchusai's selection of this design for a gonomi piece speaks to his understanding of form as philosophy: the thing that endures is the thing that asks nothing extra of the eye.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIkkan-nuri is a lacquer method built on a paper-core foundation, prized for its lightness and the warmth it lends to the finished object. In the hand, a well-made ikkan piece feels different from wood-core lacquer — present without weight.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ DEEP-DIVE ]\u003cbr\u003eGonomi pieces — objects made to a grandmaster's specification — carry a particular status within chanoyu. They are not simply endorsed; they are expressions of a master's aesthetic position. A Sokuchusai-gonomi natsume is not incidental to a tea practice. It is, for collectors and practitioners alike, a document of a specific moment in Omotesenke's lineage.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYoshida Ippo's execution here is technically clean and temperamentally aligned with the commission: the gold tokusa lines read as a single unbroken thought wrapped around a body of pure black.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ 日本語解説 ]\u003cbr\u003e吉田一峰作・即中斎好一閑木賊棗。表千家14代即中斎（1906–1979）の好み物として制作された棗です。黒漆一閑塗の器面に、金線で木賊文様を丁寧に描き込んでいます。一閑塗の軽やかさと、金線によるシンプルかつ格調ある意匠が調和した一品。傷なし、共箱付きで保存状態も良好です。\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":61626879213938,"sku":"260228_a_2168","price":769.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/5680\/3698\/files\/m68036912541_1.jpg?v=1772289539","url":"https:\/\/checkout.themodernzenarchive.com\/products\/yoshida-ippo-ikkan-nuri-natsume-sokuchusai-tokusa-design","provider":"The Modern Zen Archive","version":"1.0","type":"link"}