{"title":"Takatori Ware","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"takatori-ware-slender-vase-by-hekizan-onimaru","title":"Takatori Ware Slender Vase by Hekizan Onimaru","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eThe name Hekizan was conferred by the Roshi of Daitoku-ji — the head temple of Rinzai Zen Buddhism — a distinction that marks not achievement, but character. Works from this kiln are held in the permanent collections of Ginkaku-ji and Daitoku-ji in Kyoto. This vase comes from that lineage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr class=\"border-border-200 border-t-0.5 my-3 mx-1.5\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Object\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eThis vase was shaped by hand into a form the Takatori tradition calls \u003cem\u003etsurukubi\u003c\/em\u003e — the crane neck. To pull clay upward into a column this slender, and hold it there without collapse, requires a breath held steady against gravity itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eThe surface is not painted. What you see — the deep amber bleeding into black, the slow drift of glaze across the body — is the direct result of wood ash suspended in the kiln atmosphere, settling and melting in ways no hand could predict or repeat. Every firing produces a different result. This is the only vase that carries exactly this surface, in exactly this proportion. That is not a sales claim. It is the nature of the process.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr class=\"border-border-200 border-t-0.5 my-3 mx-1.5\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOn Living With It\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003ePlace it empty on a low shelf, near a window. In morning light the glaze reads brown; by afternoon, green undertones emerge from beneath the amber. At dusk, it turns almost black.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eIf you choose to use it for flowers, think restraint. A single stem of \u003cem\u003emiscanthus\u003c\/em\u003e, one branch of quince in winter — the vase does not need to be filled. Its weight and proportion already anchor a room. What you place inside is secondary to what the vase itself brings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr class=\"border-border-200 border-t-0.5 my-3 mx-1.5\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Tradition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eTakatori ware has existed for over 400 years, developed under the patronage of the Kuroda clan and shaped by the aesthetic philosophy of tea master Kobori Enshu — who selected it as one of his seven favored kilns. Enshu's guiding principle was \u003cem\u003ekirei-sabi\u003c\/em\u003e: beauty that is elegant without being excessive, refined without being cold. This vase is an expression of that sensibility, made new.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr class=\"border-border-200 border-t-0.5 my-3 mx-1.5\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition \u0026amp; Provenance\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eThis piece has been preserved, unused, in its original signed wooden box. It has never been displayed. The tomobako is sealed in the traditional manner. You will be the first to place it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr class=\"border-border-200 border-t-0.5 my-3 mx-1.5\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eOne vase. One owner. No reissue.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-pre-wrap leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtisan:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hekizan Onimaru · Onimaru Kiln, Koishiwara, Fukuoka\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-pre-wrap leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTradition: \u003c\/strong\u003eTakatori Ware — one of Enshu's Seven Kilns \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-pre-wrap leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eForm: \u003c\/strong\u003eTsurukubi (Crane Neck Vase) \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-pre-wrap leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTechnique:\u003c\/strong\u003e Wood-fired, natural ash glaze Size: H 25 cm · W 9 cm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-pre-wrap leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIncludes:\u003c\/strong\u003e Original signed wooden box (tomobako)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-pre-wrap leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New — unused, sealed in original box\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-pre-wrap leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShipping:\u003c\/strong\u003e Complimentary worldwide express shipping · fully insured\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SOU WORLD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52557831274772,"sku":null,"price":30000.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1006\/4334\/0564\/files\/2834CBC3-D385-47BF-83B0-40679DFB5584.jpg?v=1780132367"}],"url":"https:\/\/souworldjapan.com\/de\/collections\/takatori-ware.oembed","provider":"SOU WORLD","version":"1.0","type":"link"}