Tea utensils, tea ceremony tools, matcha tea bowl, black Raku tea bowl, circle and safety, made by Sasaki Shoraku, inscribed "Safety"

Safe and sound
It means casual, ordinary, nothing happening.

[Third generation Sasaki Matsuraku]
My grandfather built it in Kiyomizuzaka, Kyoto.
Born in 1944 (Showa 19) in Kameoka City, Kyoto Prefecture.
1962 (Showa 37) 3rd generation Matsuraku successor
Thanks to the goodwill of Deguchi Onisaburo and Oda Setsudo (1901-1966), the former 11th abbot of Daitokuji Temple (504th head priest), he opened a kiln again in Kameoka in 1944.
He is currently studying under the second Shogaku.

This tea bowl was made by the first Raku master, Chojiro, following the ideas of Sen no Rikyu, and was shaped using black Raku glaze and scraping!
The beauty of the clay, which does not easily transfer heat, the property of keeping hot water from cooling down, and the beautiful color that reflects the green, make this a tea bowl that was truly made for tea.
<The Gozan mouth construction expresses a mysterious world>

This is the ideal tea bowl made by the first generation Chojiro at the command of Rikyu, and the second generation Jōkei was given the Raku seal by Toyotomi Hideyoshi. One of the Raku family's side kilns is Ohi ware (Ameraku) in Kanazawa. Currently, many potters make copies of this tea bowl.

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