Red Raku ware teabowl with imprinted leaf designs / Raku Tan'nyû

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Accession Number
1954/1.537
Title
Red Raku ware teabowl with imprinted leaf designs
Artist
Raku Tan'nyû
Artist Nationality
Japanese
Artist Life Dates
1795 - 1854
Object Creation Date
circa 1820 - circa 1840
Object Creation Place
Asia (continent)
Japan (nation)
Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)
Creation Place 2
Japan (nation)
Style/Group/Movement
raku
Dimensions
10 cm x 12 cm x 12 cm (3 15/16 in. x 4 3/4 in. x 4 3/4 in.)
Century
19th century
Primary Object Classification
Ceramic
Primary Object Type
tea bowl
Physical Description
This rustic, earth tone ceramic tea bowl has a rough, natural feeling texture. Impressed into the outer sides of the tea bowl are the imprints of pine needles.
Subject Matter
Sen no Rikyû (1522–1591), tea master to Japan’s most powerful warlords in the late sixteenth century, championed the use of humble materials in the tea ceremony. Instead of expensive imported Chinese celadon or bronze flower vases, for example, he carved his own from bamboo in his own garden. Rikyû encouraged the Kyoto potter Chôjirô (1515–1592) to develop a new type of tea bowl, known as raku ware, formed by hand and fired in a simple, pit-like chamber. Chôjirô’s distinctive, thick-walled tea bowls set the standard for works by later generations of the Raku family, such as this tea bowl.
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Record
1954/1.537
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"Red Raku ware teabowl with imprinted leaf designs; Raku Tan'nyû." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1954-sl-1.537/1954_1.537.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 29, 2024.
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