[Tea utensils/tea ceremony tools Matcha tea bowl] Akaraku tea bowl, copy of Rinzai tea bowl, made by Shoraku Sasaki, finest quality square seal (one of the seven types of tea bowls owned by Rikyu, copy made by Chojiro)

●Akaraku tea bowl, Rinzai...Its origins are unknown and the original has been lost.
The name is said to come from the fact that the appearance of the drinking spout (with five fire cracks) is reminiscent of the Five Mountains of the Rinzai sect of Zen Buddhism in Kyoto.

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Size: Approx. diameter 11.8 x height 8.5 cm
Author: Akira Sasaki
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My grandfather built it in Kiyomizuzaka, Kyoto.
Born in 1944 in Kameoka City, Kyoto Prefecture.
In 1962, he inherited the Matsuraku tradition as the third generation.
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 in Kameoka again in 1944.
He is currently studying under the second Shogaku.
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Artist: Akira Sasaki (exquisite square seal)
Box: Wooden box
Caution: Raku ware glaze may be sensitive to acids.
●The clay used for Raku ware has a coarse grain.