{"product_id":"vintage-fukagawa-seiji-kanyo-sometsuke-landscape-vase-arita-kabin","title":"Vintage Fukagawa Seiji White Porcelain Vase — Kanyō Sometsuke Blue Landscape, Arita Squat Kabin","description":"\u003ctable style=\"width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:15px;line-height:1.55;margin:0 0 22px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"border-top:1px solid #e7e7e7;border-bottom:1px solid #e7e7e7;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:11px 14px;width:32%;color:#8a8a8a;font-size:12px;letter-spacing:.07em;text-transform:uppercase;vertical-align:top;\"\u003eForm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:11px 14px;vertical-align:top;color:#222;\"\u003eHentsubo-gata kabin (扁壺型花瓶) — squat, flattened-sphere flower vase, narrow mouth\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #e7e7e7;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:11px 14px;width:32%;color:#8a8a8a;font-size:12px;letter-spacing:.07em;text-transform:uppercase;vertical-align:top;\"\u003eSize\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:11px 14px;vertical-align:top;color:#222;\"\u003eHeight 17.0 cm (6.7″) · mouth Ø 6.5 cm (2.6″) · foot Ø 15.0 cm (5.9″)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #e7e7e7;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:11px 14px;width:32%;color:#8a8a8a;font-size:12px;letter-spacing:.07em;text-transform:uppercase;vertical-align:top;\"\u003eWeight\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:11px 14px;vertical-align:top;color:#222;\"\u003e2,144 g (4.73 lb)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #e7e7e7;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:11px 14px;width:32%;color:#8a8a8a;font-size:12px;letter-spacing:.07em;text-transform:uppercase;vertical-align:top;\"\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:11px 14px;vertical-align:top;color:#222;\"\u003eWhite porcelain (磁器 jiki), Arita-yaki lineage\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #e7e7e7;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:11px 14px;width:32%;color:#8a8a8a;font-size:12px;letter-spacing:.07em;text-transform:uppercase;vertical-align:top;\"\u003eDecoration\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:11px 14px;vertical-align:top;color:#222;\"\u003e染付 (sometsuke) soft blue mountain-mist landscape band, underglaze — pale-blue ridges fading into white\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #e7e7e7;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:11px 14px;width:32%;color:#8a8a8a;font-size:12px;letter-spacing:.07em;text-transform:uppercase;vertical-align:top;\"\u003eGlaze\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:11px 14px;vertical-align:top;color:#222;\"\u003eClean white porcelain ground, glossy\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #e7e7e7;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:11px 14px;width:32%;color:#8a8a8a;font-size:12px;letter-spacing:.07em;text-transform:uppercase;vertical-align:top;\"\u003eFoot mark\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:11px 14px;vertical-align:top;color:#222;\"\u003eMt. Fuji silhouette above 「官窯染付」 (Kanyō Sometsuke) series mark, underglaze cobalt\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #e7e7e7;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:11px 14px;width:32%;color:#8a8a8a;font-size:12px;letter-spacing:.07em;text-transform:uppercase;vertical-align:top;\"\u003eSeries\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:11px 14px;vertical-align:top;color:#222;\"\u003e官窯染付 (Kanyō Sometsuke) — Fukagawa's imperial-kiln cobalt-and-white line\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #e7e7e7;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:11px 14px;width:32%;color:#8a8a8a;font-size:12px;letter-spacing:.07em;text-transform:uppercase;vertical-align:top;\"\u003eMaker\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:11px 14px;vertical-align:top;color:#222;\"\u003e深川製磁 Fukagawa Seiji, Arita (est. 1894) — 宮内庁御用達 Imperial Household purveyor since 1910\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #e7e7e7;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:11px 14px;width:32%;color:#8a8a8a;font-size:12px;letter-spacing:.07em;text-transform:uppercase;vertical-align:top;\"\u003eEra\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:11px 14px;vertical-align:top;color:#222;\"\u003eLate Shōwa–early Heisei, estimated mid-1980s–mid-1990s (documented vintage)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #e7e7e7;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:11px 14px;width:32%;color:#8a8a8a;font-size:12px;letter-spacing:.07em;text-transform:uppercase;vertical-align:top;\"\u003eCondition\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:11px 14px;vertical-align:top;color:#222;\"\u003eExcellent — no chips, no hairlines; unrestored\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #e7e7e7;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:11px 14px;width:32%;color:#8a8a8a;font-size:12px;letter-spacing:.07em;text-transform:uppercase;vertical-align:top;\"\u003eTomobako\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:11px 14px;vertical-align:top;color:#222;\"\u003eOriginal paulownia kiribako (27 × 26.5 × 19.5 cm), signed \u0026amp; stamped\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #e7e7e7;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:11px 14px;width:32%;color:#8a8a8a;font-size:12px;letter-spacing:.07em;text-transform:uppercase;vertical-align:top;\"\u003eIncluded\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:11px 14px;vertical-align:top;color:#222;\"\u003eVase + tomobako + leaflet 「官窯染付の魅力」 + brand brochure 「富士のあるべ」\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eVintage Fukagawa Seiji white-porcelain kabin — Kanyō Sometsuke landscape\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA squat, flattened-sphere flower vase (扁壺型花瓶 \/ \u003cem\u003ehentsubo-gata kabin\u003c\/em\u003e) by \u003cstrong\u003e深川製磁 Fukagawa Seiji\u003c\/strong\u003e — quieter and more modernist than the workshop's full-cobalt pieces. The body is clean white porcelain, brushed only at the lower band with a soft, abstract \u003cem\u003esometsuke\u003c\/em\u003e (染付) wash that reads as a mountain-mist landscape — pale-blue ridges fading upward into white. The narrow mouth (6.5 cm) suits a single-stem ikebana arrangement; the broad foot (15 cm) gives the form a low, stable visual gravity that anchors a tokonoma or sideboard.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA \"Kanyō Sometsuke\" series mark — not the common brand mark\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe vase carries a specific underglaze foot mark that sets it apart from standard Fukagawa output: a stylized Mt. Fuji silhouette above 「官窯染付」 (\u003cem\u003eKanyō Sometsuke\u003c\/em\u003e) — the series mark itself, used on dedicated 官窯染付 production rather than the workshop's more common 「深川製」 general mark. \u003cem\u003eKanyō Sometsuke\u003c\/em\u003e is Fukagawa's contemporary reading of the Chinese imperial-kiln cobalt-and-white aesthetic, named in the workshop's own literature alongside its other signature glaze families.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eMaker \u0026amp; provenance\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e• Made by Fukagawa Seiji \/ Arita-yaki in Saga Prefecture, Japan, curated by ZenKiln — a documented vintage piece acquired from a Japan-based sourcing studio.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe attribution rests on an unusually full closure standard — seven points, including an expanded brand-history brochure not always packed with smaller pieces:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnderglaze foot mark — Mt. Fuji + 「官窯染付」 series mark\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTomobako lid — 「花瓶」 (\u003cem\u003ekabin\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTomobako side — 「宮内庁御用達 深川製」 (Imperial Household Purveyor · Fukagawa-sei)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTomobako corner red cartouche — 「美術有田焼」 (Bijutsu Arita-yaki)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTomobako bottom red square — 「深川 謹製」 house seal\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLeaflet 「官窯染付の魅力」 (The Allure of Kanyō Sometsuke) with the certification seal 「宮内庁御用達 深川製磁 認定」\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFull-color fold-out brochure 「富士のあるべ」 — Mt. Fuji cover, an aerial photograph of the 西有田 (Nishi-Arita) factory, the national branch listing, the house chronology, and the signature of company president 深川昭 (Akira Fukagawa)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaker attribution is definitive\u003c\/strong\u003e (series foot mark + signed tomobako + certified leaflet + brand brochure). \u003cstrong\u003eDating is estimated\u003c\/strong\u003e — late Shōwa to early Heisei, roughly the mid-1980s to mid-1990s — narrowed by the Telex (テレックス) numbers still printed on the brochure's branch-address sheet, a business standard largely retired by the mid-1990s. The historical dates in the brochure (1650, 1894, 1904, 1910, 1962) describe the brand's history, not this vase's production year. Fukagawa Seiji remains an operating Arita porcelain house today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout Fukagawa Seiji\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePer the included brochure: the Fukagawa family first lit a kiln in Arita in Keian 3 (1650); 深川忠次 (Tadatsugu Fukagawa) established the modern Fukagawa Seiji house in Meiji 27 (1894), adopting the 富士流水 (Mt. Fuji + flowing water) back-mark as a guarantee of quality. The house won a gold medal at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair and was designated purveyor to the Imperial Household Agency in 1910 — a status it still holds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCondition\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExcellent. The white glaze surface is clean and glossy, with no chips and no hairlines in the photographed angles; the underglaze sometsuke is crisp. Unrestored and unrefinished. Light age-consistent wear may appear on the foot ring, and the paulownia tomobako shows the gentle toning typical of age. Additional close-up photos of the mark, foot, or any detail are available on request before purchase.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eDisplay \u0026amp; use\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe squat, low-shouldered form reads quietly in a modernist or Japandi interior — a tokonoma vignette, a console beside a single chair, a fireplace mantel. The 6.5 cm mouth holds a single tall stem (lily, eucalyptus, branch ikebana) or a small \u003cem\u003ekenzan\u003c\/em\u003e pin-frog for a low-water arrangement, and the ~2.1 kg base keeps the vessel stable under taller cuttings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCare\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHand-wash only with lukewarm water and a soft cloth. Avoid abrasive sponges, dishwashers, microwaves, and prolonged direct sunlight. The sometsuke wash is underglaze and stable to normal handling; if arranging fresh flowers, line the interior with a glass tumbler to protect the glaze from mineral residue.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eIncluded\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1 × Fukagawa Seiji \u003cem\u003eKanyō Sometsuke\u003c\/em\u003e squat kabin\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1 × original signed paulownia tomobako\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1 × printed Fukagawa leaflet 「官窯染付の魅力」\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1 × fold-out brand-history brochure 「富士のあるべ」 (with president's signature)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHand-packed in archival tissue inside a double-walled carton from Japan\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout ZenKiln\u003c\/strong\u003e — A Japan-based curator connecting international collectors with Japan's artisan ceramic tradition. We work closely with the kilns, workshops, and makers featured in our shop — each one disclosed in our About section — and hand-pack every piece in Japan for safe delivery worldwide.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e📦 Ships from Japan, hand-packed for safe delivery.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ZenKiln","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47725597819110,"sku":"ZK-VASE-FKG-LAND-001","price":5655.0,"currency_code":"CZK","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/5392\/5350\/files\/6a0f48436f03bf48e8c7f28f9f150b4c_1fc942b7-1a20-48b3-8b66-9d89f5419a75.png?v=1780208379","url":"https:\/\/zen-kiln.com\/en-cz\/products\/vintage-fukagawa-seiji-kanyo-sometsuke-landscape-vase-arita-kabin","provider":"ZenKiln","version":"1.0","type":"link"}