The Tea Bowls of Chanoyu, Volume III: Japanese Tea Bowls I

An enlightening book that will be loved for a long time as a “textbook of tea bowls” and “illustrated book of tea bowls The long-awaited third volume of the “Tea Bowls” series (5 volumes), which can always be easily pulled out from the bookshelf This series introduces about 100 tea bowls of the tea ceremony, divided into “Karamono”, “Korai”, “Wamono”, and “Raku”. Each bowl is divided into three to four pages, including rarely introduced works, and photographs of not only the front and the base of the bowl, but also the sides and the prospect of the bowl, which are rarely shown in this series. In addition to clear explanations (characteristics of tea bowls, relationship with tea ceremony, etc.) and detailed information on the quantity, box calligraphy, accessories, and transmission, we introduce the charm of tea bowls that should be handed down to the next generation, based on the latest research results. The third volume of this exhibition is Volume 3, “Japanese Tea Bowls. This volume introduces 102 tea bowls made in Seto, Mino, Karatsu, and other regions (Takatori, Satsuma, Ueno, Hagi, Shigaraki, and Bizen) that made pottery from the Momoyama period to the early Edo period, and in the general introduction examines how each region influenced and developed the pottery industry.

Supervisors: Taka Akanuma, Junichi Takeuchi, Akira Tani Responsible Editor: Hirokazu Shigene