Ohi-glaze Tea bowl with scrollwork
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Ohi-glaze Tea bowl with scrollwork |
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HISTORY Chozaemon accompanied Sen Senso In 1666, by invitation of Maeda Tsunanori, the fifth lord of Kaga Clan, Sen Senso, the fourth head of Ura-senke tea ceremony school visited Kanazawa, accompanied by Chozaemon, to teach tea ceremony and tea ceremony culture. Chozaemon found suitable clay for tea ceremony pottery in Ohi village east of Kanazawa and built kiln in the village. The was the beginning of Ohi pottery. Ohi pottery followed the foot steps of Rakuyaki pottery. The pottery is shaped by hands without using potter's wheel. It is an artistic pottery ware and is seen only in Japan. The pottery was made to be used only in the tea ceremony, and was not intended to be marketed to the public. Each Ohi pottery is made as a piece of art by an artist. At present 10th Chozaemon is succeeding the style as the head of the kiln. CHARACTERISTICS Making Rakuyaki in the Kaga style Ohi pottery was born as a by-product in the process of teaching Sen school of tea ceremony and its accompanying culture in the Kaga region. Ame-yu, a glaze which was given by Rakuyaki, has been considered the most appropriate glaze and appreciated along with black glaze for tea pottery. Ohi pottery have been made as the pottery for tea ceremony, such as tea bowl, mizusashi (water jar) and flower vases. Recently, they are manufactured as table pottery, flower pots and as pieces of art. |