{"product_id":"antique-japanese-maccha-chawan-tea-bowl-by-kyuro","title":"Antique Japanese Maccha Chawan Tea Bowl by Kyuro","description":"\u003cp\u003eA haunting Chawan tea bowl in pale glaze lightly decorated with a solitary stand of trees sprouting from the engraved signature Kyuro. It comes in a n old silk lined pouch in a period wooden box titled Chawan and annotated inside Kyuro-zo. The bowl is 12 cm (5 inches) diameter, 7 cm (3 inches) tall and in perfect condition. It came with a long hand written letter from the Yamada Family detailing a tea event held in Nagoya?.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKino Baitei (Known by the name Kyuro, 1734-1810) was a Japanese painter, illustrator, and designer active in the late Edo period, best known for his refined depictions of birds, flowers, animals, and scenes of everyday life.  Baitei is especially associated with the Nanga (literati painting) tradition, though his work also reflects the decorative elegance and observational naturalism popular in Kansai artistic circles of the period. He studied under Kumashiro Yūhi, one of the important early Japanese literati painters influenced by Chinese scholarly painting traditions. Through this lineage, Baitei absorbed Chinese-inspired ink painting methods while developing a softer and more accessible visual language of his own. Baitei became particularly famous through printed painting manuals and illustrated books, especially albums of birds-and-flowers (kachō-ga). These works were widely circulated and influential among professional and amateur painters alike. His compositions are admired for their rhythmic linework, lively observation of nature, and elegant balance between realism and stylization. Small birds perched among flowering branches, insects among grasses, and gently animated animals are recurring subjects. One of his most celebrated publications is the Baitei Gafu (“Album of Paintings by Baitei”), a woodblock-printed model book that became enormously influential in the 19th century. Such books served both as art objects and instructional references for aspiring painters and craftsmen. Baitei’s imagery subsequently influenced not only painters but also textile designers, lacquer artists, ceramic decorators, and printmakers. Stylistically, his work occupies an interesting space between literati spontaneity and the decorative refinement associated with Kyoto and Osaka culture. Compared to more austere Nanga painters, Baitei’s works often feel intimate, lyrical, and attentive to seasonal beauty. His paintings embody the Edo-period delight in close observation of the natural world while retaining the cultivated sensibility of literati art. Because his printed albums circulated widely, Baitei’s designs continued to shape Japanese decorative arts well into the Meiji period. His name is still encountered today on painting manuals, woodblock-printed albums, and occasionally on works inspired by his compositions. Said to be a direct student of Yosa Buson.  After moving to Otsu he was called the Buson of Omi.  In the collection of the Ashmolean and British Museums among others.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kura Monzen Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50837787410679,"sku":"K1430","price":192200.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0658\/7472\/3063\/files\/2026-05-2214.47.03.jpg?v=1785728488","url":"https:\/\/kuramonzen.com\/products\/antique-japanese-maccha-chawan-tea-bowl-by-kyuro","provider":"Kura Monzen Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}