Tea Ceremony
Sold – no longer available
This piece was handmade by Daiki Tachibana and was a one-of-a-kind work. It cannot be reordered and will never exist in this form again. The page stays online as part of our archive.
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Details about the sold piece
- Height 166 cm
- Width 34 cm
- Item Type Kakemono
- Jikusaki Wood
- Material Honshi Paper
- Period of Creation Shôwa (1926–1989)
- Technique Hand-Painted
- Unique Work Yes
No longer available
Description
A simple tea bowl brushstroke and a few calligraphic characters are enough to capture the quiet concentration of the Japanese tea ceremony. On unbleached paper, undyed ink traces the outline of a chawan with a loose, confident stroke, while a short calligraphy above completes the motif. The reduced, almost sketch-like visual language recalls the aesthetics of Zen and invites the viewer to pause.
The hanging scroll bears the signature and seal of Daiki Tachibana (1899-2005), a Japanese painter and calligrapher of the Shōwa period. In his work, pictorial brevity and calligraphic precision merge into an image that suggests more than it spells out - very much in the spirit of the tea ceremony itself, where every gesture carries meaning.
Painted on paper and mounted in the classical hanging scroll form with a wooden rod, this unique work is suited both to lovers of reduced Japanese ink painting and to all who feel connected to the spirit of Chanoyu. A stylish eye-catcher for quiet rooms and a piece of living Japanese tea culture.
