Tea bowl | TATE: The Diary of a Japanese Man

2022-09-11

What is beauty?

The other day, I went to the Mitsui Memorial Museum in Tokyo to appreciate historical teaware. There were many tea bowls, tea containers, flower vases and so on. Among them, a tea bowl named “Unohanagaki” (which is a national treasure), and an important cultural tea bowl named “Amagumo” are well known. Whenever I see such historical teaware, I ask myself...

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2021-10-24

Both of these “Kimamori” make me sense autumn

I’d like to introduce one of my tea bowls. This tea bowl was modeled after a historical tea bowl called, “Kimamori”. Its unique red shade is so beautiful. The genuine Kimamori was made by Chojiro in the Azuchi-momoyama period. He created many tea bowls by order of the great tea master, Sen No Rikyu. It was the beginning of the...

Crafts

2021-09-12

Unohana-gaki gave me an illusion of beautiful Japanese scenery

A National Treasure tea bowl called, Unohana-gaki is a superb piece of Shino ware. The other day, I saw it at an exhibition that was held in the Mitsui Memorial Museum, Tokyo. Unohana-gaki is my desired Shino ware. Though I have seen it in a photo book time and again, it was the first time I saw the real thing....

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2020-11-08

I fell in love with the Oribe-style tea bowl at first glance

That tea bowl took my breath away. I fell in love with the Oribe-style tea bowl at first glance. It was really beautiful. Besides that, some tea bowls were displayed for sale. It was strongly attracted to that tea bowl more than any of the others. Its price was nearly 15 times higher than others. I gave up on buying...

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What is beauty?

Both of these “Kimamori” make me sense autumn

Unohana-gaki gave me an illusion of beautiful Japanese scenery

I fell in love with the Oribe-style tea bowl at first glance