Tea utensils, tea ceremony tools, tea caddy, thick tea utensil, shoulder-attached tea caddy, shoulder-attached tea caddy, Akatsu ware, Kato Kinyuu, Hase kiln, with spare clothes, clothes, four-seater brocade & Yuraku donsu

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Today we will be introducing a tea caddy made by Akazu ware artist Kato Kinyu.

Please take a look.

size	Approx. diameter 6.9 x height 8.9 cm
material	Lid: Ivory (worm-eaten)
author	Made by Kinyu Kato (Hase Kiln)
box	Wooden box

[Corporate History]
Akatsu ware originated as Sueki ware from the early Nara period, and is counted as one of the Six Ancient Kilns of Japan. It is a type of Seto ware made with glazes from the Sanage area.
It is said that this region was the only place that used glazes during the Kamakura period, and in the subsequent Azuchi-Momoyama period, influenced by the development of the tea ceremony, the techniques that form the basis of modern Akatsu ware, such as Shino and Oribe, were established.
【Features】
Akatsu ware is characterized by its seven types of glazes - Oribe glaze, Shino glaze, Kizeto glaze, Kozeto glaze, Kai glaze, Ofuke glaze, and Iron glaze - and its 12 diverse decorative techniques, including spatula carving, floral printing, kushime, and Mishimade.
Making full use of these techniques, a wide range of items are fired, from tea ceremony utensils and flower arrangement utensils to household items.
[Manufacturing process]
The piece is shaped using a potter's wheel, Tatara molding, or hand-formed, then finished and dried, before being painted or glazed and fired.
Generally, we do not bisque fire the pottery.
After firing, Oribe ware is removed from the surface using acorn shavings (acorn shavings).
[Designated traditional craft]
Date of designation: 7th designation: March 30, 1977

[Kato Kinyu] Hase kiln Akatsu ware
Hachiojicho, Seto City, 489-0024
Born in April 1934 (Showa 9)
Selected for the Japan Traditional Crafts Exhibition
Selected for the Japan Crafts Association Tokai Branch Exhibition

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