村上隆のインスタグラム(takashipom) - 6月21日 11時33分

This essay is a continuation and this is the first episode.
Today, I received the Setoguro matcha tea bowl from KAGEN,
@keizo.ando
an antique dealer in Oita Prefecture in Kyushu. A translation of the enclosed letter is as follows:

Murakami-san,
I appreciate your continuing business. I would like to thank you sincerely for stopping by the other day, as well as for the catalog. I have to say that your offer this time took me by surprise―this was the first time anyone had ever expressed interest in knowingly purchasing a fake. Your curiosity really blows my mind. I would like to make a gift of this bowl to you partly as a lesson to myself. It would make me feel better if it could serve as a reference of some kind to you. The incident made me painfully realize about my inexperience, leading me to some real soul-searching. I intend to take this positively as a great opportunity to further train myself in the trade. I continue to look to you for your advice. Thank you again.
Keizo Ando
KAGEN
This antique dealer had paid about $6,000 to obtain the said tea bowl from another dealer despite the fact it had been chipped, as it was supposedly over 400 years old with a venerable history. He then had the bowl repaired with kintsugi technique (the art of repairing broken pottery with lacquer mixed with gold) for more than $1,000 before gracefully exhibiting it at a prestigious antiques fair.
Continue to the second episode.

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