{"product_id":"irabo-chawan","title":"Irabo Chawan","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIrabo — named for roughness, and held for the same.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne-of-one. Signed kiri-bako included. Ships insured and tracked from Tokyo.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eQuestions about this chawan, or additional photographs — \u003ca href=\"mailto:hello@chawanroom.com?subject=Inquiry%20-%20Irabo%20Chawan%20(IRA-3M8KP)\"\u003einquire by email\u003c\/a\u003e. We reply within two business days.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cdetails class=\"cwr-acc\"\u003e\u003csummary\u003eDetails\u003c\/summary\u003e\n\u003cdl class=\"cwr-spec\"\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eTradition\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eIrabo (伊羅保), a Kōrai (高麗) tea bowl\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eSurface\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eA dry, sandy surface in a muted biwa (枇杷, loquat) register\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eFoot\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eA shrunken, crackled texture near the foot, associated with kairagi (梅華皮)\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eDimensions\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003e13.6–13.9 cm × 5.9 cm (5.4 in × 2.3 in), diameter × height\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eCondition\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eExcellent — a 2019 work by the artist; no chips or restoration.\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eBox\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eSigned kiri-bako (桐箱, paulownia wood box)\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eReference\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eIRA-3M8KP\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003c\/dl\u003e\u003c\/details\u003e\n\n\u003cdetails class=\"cwr-acc\"\u003e\u003csummary\u003eAbout the work\u003c\/summary\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIrabo (伊羅保) is a kind of Korean tea bowl — in Japanese, a Kōrai (高麗) chawan. The name is often said to come from touch: a rough, sandy surface that feels ira-ira, grained and uneven under the fingers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHere, that roughness is not a flaw but the point of the work. The surface sits in a muted biwa (枇杷, loquat) register, dry and restrained, the sandy body showing beneath. Near the foot it draws into a shrunken, crackled texture associated with kairagi (梅華皮), one of the prized features of Kōrai chawan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe form is wide and low — near fourteen centimeters across — so matcha (抹茶) spreads open across the interior. It is a chawan made less for symmetry than for contact: hand, surface, weight, and tea.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/details\u003e\n\n\u003cdetails class=\"cwr-acc\"\u003e\u003csummary\u003eAbout the artist\u003c\/summary\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYasumoto Kajihara (梶原靖元, b. 1962) was born in Saga and trained in Karatsu and Kyoto before establishing his own kiln in 1995. His work is rooted in the study of ko-garatsu (古唐津, old Karatsu), the Karatsu wares of the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, and in the Korean tea wares that shaped the tea culture around them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe is known for rebuilding early wares from the material up — making clay from sandstone, working with local plant and mineral materials, and studying old kiln sites in Japan and Korea. His work is shown at galleries including Kuroda Tōen in Tokyo.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/details\u003e\n\n\u003cdetails class=\"cwr-acc\"\u003e\u003csummary\u003eCare\u003c\/summary\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRinse with warm water and dry on a soft cloth. Avoid soap, dishwasher, and prolonged soaking. Because the surface is grained and partly crackled, let the chawan dry fully, unstacked, before it is put away.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith use, the tone may slowly deepen where water, matcha, and the hand return. Let it change at its own pace.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/details\u003e\n\n\u003cdetails class=\"cwr-acc\"\u003e\u003csummary\u003eShipping \u0026amp; returns\u003c\/summary\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach chawan is shipped insured and tracked from Tokyo in ceramic-safe double-boxed packaging, within two business days of payment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf the piece arrives damaged, we arrange a full refund or replacement. Import duties and taxes are the buyer's responsibility.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCurrently shipping to the US, UK, EU, Canada, and Australia. Read our \u003ca href=\"\/policies\/shipping-policy\"\u003eshipping policy\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"\/policies\/refund-policy\"\u003erefund policy\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/details\u003e","brand":"CHAWAN ROOM","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55197849714980,"sku":"CR-005","price":950.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1005\/7426\/5636\/files\/cr005_01_hero.png?v=1782049270","url":"https:\/\/chawanroom.com\/products\/irabo-chawan","provider":"CHAWAN ROOM","version":"1.0","type":"link"}