Red Raku tea bowl, Otokoze, copy of Koetsu, made by Shoraku Sasaki
※Matcha tea bowl recommended for Setsubun※
Otogozen refers to Otafuku, and is named after her plump figure, like the mask of Otafuku.
●The original poem has the word "Otokose" written on the inside of the lid of the inner box, but the former owner, Hirase Rouka, wrote about the author on the cover, "This box inscription inspires someone: spring (monogram)."
However, judging from the style of writing, it is most likely written by Sen Sotan.
On the outer box, the former owner of "Shigure", Saigyoan Shimomura Mikuri, has written "Koetsu red tea bowl Otogozen".
Although its ancient history is a mystery, it is believed to have been in the possession of Sotan, and was later passed down to the Hirase family of Osaka. In 1903, it became the property of Morikawa Joshun, who became renowned as a tea master for storing Koetsu's famous tea bowls "Shigure" and this "Otogozen."
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[Akira Sasaki]
My grandfather built it in Kiyomizuzaka, Kyoto.
Born in Kameoka, Kyoto in 1944.
1962: 3rd generation Matsuraku successor
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