A national treasure in the eyes of the Japanese: Chinese Jianzhan (obsidian, oil droplets, rabbits, rust flowers)

Among the national treasure-level cultural relics officially recognized by Japan, there are only 14 pieces of porcelain, 8 pieces of Chinese porcelain, and 4 of the 8 pieces are Song Dynasty Jianzhan, including 3 pieces of Yao changing cups and 1 piece of oil drops.

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In terms of quantity, the porcelain of building a kiln alone accounts for 28.5% of the Japanese national treasure porcelain, and the "Made in China" of the Song Dynasty has become synonymous with treasures.

Shizukado Shōyō (Inaba Tenmu)

Its vessel type is bundle mouth, deep abdomen, shallow digging foot, black glaze cyan, glaze less than the bottom, slightly mang.

Such a beautiful pattern, like the feeling of a starry sky in a bowl, it is no wonder that the Japanese would love it so much that they even went to war for it.

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The black glaze is applied to the vessel, and the outer glaze is not as good as the bottom foot, and the phenomenon of polyflow glaze is seen, which proves that the fire temperature is high. The inner box is covered with the gold powder book "Ocha Bowl Obsidian Change", and the outer box lid is covered with black lacquer book "Ocha Bowl Obscured Change".

Mr. Chen Xianqiu, a classical ceramicist in the mainland, felt the following after reading it:

At first, it didn't catch my attention, but a few minutes later, the sun suddenly shone brightly from space, just enough to fill the corridor with brilliant golden light. The monk crouched on the mat, holding the bowl with both hands and slowly rotating around its axis at 360 degrees, and the glaze inside the bowl radiated out of the Dao Xia. ”

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This obscure jianzhan is believed to have a "mysterious beauty".

NHK TV has twice filmed the three remaining obscura, the first time in 1986, when the obsidian appeared on camera. In the 2003 shooting, the camera was not taken, and it was extremely difficult to see.

Osaka Municipal Museum of Oriental Ceramics

The Song Dynasty built a kiln oil drop tea cup

The Song Dynasty kiln oil drop tea cup is second only to the famous product of the change, and there is not a complete oil drop cup in the Song Dynasty kiln tea cup in the domestic museum.

In addition to the above, the collections of major museums in Japan include:

Naoku Kunizu Matsudaira, Japan (Oil Drop Tenmoku)

Nezu Museum of Art, Japan

The Collection of the Mihide Museum of Art in Japan is built

The Kyushu National Museum in Japan holds oil drops

Tokyo National Museum Collection Kenzan

The Tokugawa Museum of Art, Japan

The Collection of the Osaka Municipal Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Japan

At this point, the reader inevitably has a question: Why are the top buildings hidden in Japan?

There are two key words in this question: "top Jianyan" and "both in Japan".

First, let's explain the question of why Japan treasures so many jianzhans.

This matter should start from the Song Dynasty.

Southern Song Dynasty Liu Songnian "DouCha Tu"

At that time, not only did the Song Dynasty people like to fight tea, but after the Japanese monk Nampo Shaoming and others moved this set of tea ceremonies to Japan, it was said that its fiery degree was no less than that of the Great Song. Therefore, many jianzhan boutiques have crossed the ocean to Japan and have a new name: Tianmu Bowl.

The Tokugawa Museum of Art, Japan

The next trajectory is: highly sought after being designated by the Academy Tea Ceremony as the only precious tea bowl appreciation collection.

A momentary price to the city.

A Japanese document on Chinese art, "Accounts of the Left and Right of the Juntai Temple", records:

The "obsidian change" of Jianzhan is rare in the world and is worth ten thousand silks.

"Oil droplets" are second, and they are also heavy treasures, worth five thousand silks.

"Rabbit Milli" is worth three thousand silks.

The reason why Jianzhan can become the main line of Japanese tea ceremony culture is also related to the flourishing of Zen culture in Japan. In the Southern Song Dynasty and even in the Mongolian Yuan, Chinese Zen monks successively went to Japan, and they brought a systematic Zen culture, as well as a large number of books, paintings, and ceramics.

The aesthetics of Chinese Zen Buddhism captivated the Japanese until they directly influenced the ideas, culture, and art of the Kamakura period.

Guided by this aesthetic, the monks created the most basic concept of the Japanese tea ceremony - "idleness".

And Jiandian, with its natural and heavy texture, deep color, dull luster, and cold touch, carries their aesthetic ideals.

Monks who studied Buddhist tea brought Jianzhan to Japan, and a casual move created a piece of history.

According to japanese scholars today, the tea culture of the Song Dynasty was the main tone that laid the main tone of Japanese tea ceremony culture.

Song Jian kiln black glazed yellow rabbit millenium Collection of Fujian Museum

The cup is born of tea and also dies of tea.

After the Yuan Dynasty, the tea drinking method was gradually replaced by the flooded tea method, and Jianzhan also withdrew from the historical stage.

Japan has always retained the tea ordering method and has continued to use it today, so Jianzhan can always play the main role in the tea ceremony.

This is also the most fundamental reason why Japan has been able to retain a large number of complete products.

Now let's explain the question of the definition of "top-level".

For the word "top", it is defined by the Japanese.

The Song Dynasty and what we think today are not necessarily the same, and may even be diametrically opposed.

From the historical point of view, there are many poems that record "rabbit" and "partridge spots", but "obsidian" or poems with similar meanings do not, if "obsidian change" is really top-notch, it will not be mentioned alone, right?

Rust spots built in the collection of Fujian Museum

The reason why Japan regards "obscuration" as a divine product, a very important mentality is that "things are rare and expensive", and the owner of each "obscurity" is either rich or expensive.

Therefore, Japan's high and low rating of Jianzhan also has political factors.

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The best times of Jianzhan have passed, but the better era has not yet come.