{"title":"Matcha Bowls","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"raku-yaki-red-raku-chawan-rakunyu","title":"Raku-Yaki Red Raku Chawan -Rakunyū- Kyoto","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eA red Raku tea bowl from the Rakunyū kiln in Kyoto, formed by hand without a wheel and fired in the low, fast Raku manner that has defined Kyoto tea bowls since the sixteenth century. The walls rise nearly straight from a small foot and lean gently inward at the lip, a half-cylinder form that sits low in both hands.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe red comes from the clay surface, not from a coloured glaze. An iron-bearing wash under a clear glaze turns a warm, mottled red in the kiln, deepening to crimson where the glaze pools and thinning to a paler tone across the shoulders. Across one side, the firing has left a field of charcoal grey and black, crossed by a fine net of crazing, and two soft black marks sit on the front like brushstrokes. No two bowls from the same kiln carry these marks the same way.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe foot is left bare, showing the pale, open-grained body beneath. Inside, the glaze gathers at the base in a shallow tea pool where the whisk works. The rim is uneven by intention. Raku ware is porous and lighter than it looks; the bowl warms slowly in the hands and holds the tea at temperature through a sitting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Rakunyū Kiln\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe Rakunyū kiln (楽入窯) is one of the established Raku ware workshops of Kyoto, the city where Raku was born. The Yoshimura family has worked with fire in Kyoto since the mid-Meiji era, first as makers of whetstones and crucibles at Higashiyama Matsubara, then, from the postwar years, as makers of Raku tea bowls. The kiln now stands in the city's Minami ward and is in its third generation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eIts standing in the tea world rests on long relationships rather than marketing. The kiln has ties to the Horiuchi family of the Omotesenke school of tea that go back a generation, and its bowls are carried by tea-utensil dealers in Kyoto and Tokyo and by established tea houses in the Kansai region. The kiln's work has been shown in Paris in the Kyō-yaki Kiyomizu-yaki exhibition and at Daimaru and Mitsukoshi. In 2001 the kiln's master became the first potter working in Raku technique to receive Japan's national Traditional Craftsperson certification, and in 2011 the City of Kyoto named him one of its Masters of the Future. He lectures at the Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts. Beyond the tea room, the kiln's Raku glazes have been commissioned as interior tile for a luxury hotel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eTwo things define the kiln's method. Forms are pinched up by hand and left with the slight unevenness the hands leave behind. Firing follows hikidashi, the old Raku practice of drawing the bowl from the kiln at full heat so the glaze sets in the open air. The black Raku glaze is ground from stone taken from the Kamo River.\u003cbr\u003eThis bowl carries the Rakunyū seal, the kiln's collaborative line: bowls made in the workshop by the master and the artisans he trains, under his direction and to the kiln's standard.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDetails \u0026amp; Specifications\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOrigin: Kyoto, Japan\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKiln: Rakunyū kiln (楽入窯)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWare: Raku-yaki (Kyoto Raku ware)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eForm \/ Type: Chawan\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFinish: Aka Raku, red under clear glaze with natural smoke marks \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: Hand-formed earthenware, low-fired\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCare\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eRaku is soft and porous. Soak briefly in warm water before use, rinse with water only after, and let it dry fully before returning it to the box. No detergent, no dishwasher, no microwave. The surface will darken and change with use; this is expected.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Artisanal Japan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45503988531315,"sku":null,"price":299.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/2286\/4755\/files\/matchabowl1.10.jpg?v=1789533851"},{"product_id":"raku-yaki-black-raku-chawan-rakunyu-kyoto","title":"Raku-Yaki Black Raku Chawan - Rakunyū - Kyoto","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eA black Raku tea bowl from the Rakunyū kiln in Kyoto, formed by hand without a wheel and drawn from the kiln at full heat in the hikidashi manner. The form is the classic half-cylinder: walls that rise almost straight from the foot, a gentle swell at the belly, and a lip that leans slightly inward. One point on the rim rises a little above the rest, a small peak left by the hands.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe black is not a single coat. Glaze ground from Kamo River stone is brushed on layer over layer, and when the bowl is pulled from the fire and cools in the open air, those layers set in horizontal bands that run around the body like strata. Where the glaze lies thick it has a deep, wet-looking gloss; where it thins toward the foot it dries to a bronze-brown with a faint metallic sheen and a rougher, stony grain. Under the rim the surface pits and dimples slightly where the glaze boiled in the kiln. Held to the light, the bowl reads as black, brown, and a dull iron-grey by turns.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eInside, the walls drop to a tea pool at the base where the whisk works, and the dark interior makes the green of the matcha read brighter against it. Raku ware is porous and lighter than it looks; the bowl warms slowly in the hands and holds the tea at temperature through a sitting. Black Raku is the bowl Chōjirō first made for Rikyū, and it remains the form most closely tied to koicha.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Rakunyū Kiln\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe Rakunyū kiln (楽入窯) is a highly respected and established Raku ware kiln in Kyoto, the city where Raku was born. The Yoshimura family has worked with fire in Kyoto since the mid-Meiji era, first as makers of whetstones and crucibles at Higashiyama Matsubara, then, from the postwar years, as makers of Raku tea bowls. The kiln now stands in the city's Minami ward and is in its third generation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eIts standing in the tea world rests on long relationships rather than marketing. The kiln has ties to the Horiuchi family of the Omotesenke school of tea that go back a generation, and its bowls are carried by tea-utensil dealers in Kyoto and Tokyo and by established tea houses in the Kansai region. The kiln's work has been shown in Paris in the Kyō-yaki Kiyomizu-yaki exhibition and at Daimaru and Mitsukoshi. In 2001 the kiln's master became the first potter working in Raku technique to receive Japan's national Traditional Craftsperson certification, and in 2011 the City of Kyoto named him one of its Masters of the Future. He lectures at the Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts. Beyond the tea room, the kiln's Raku glazes have been commissioned as interior tile for a luxury hotel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eTwo things define the kiln's method. Forms are pinched up by hand and left with the slight unevenness the hands leave behind. Firing follows hikidashi, the old Raku practice of drawing the bowl from the kiln at full heat so the glaze sets in the open air. The black Raku glaze is ground from stone taken from the Kamo River.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThis bowl carries the Rakunyū seal, the kiln's collaborative line: bowls made in the workshop by the master and the artisans he trains, under his direction and to the kiln's standard. 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