[Tea utensils/tea ceremony tools Matcha tea bowl] Akaraku tea bowl, cylindrical tea bowl, copy of Honami Koetsu, snowflake, made by Sasaki Shoraku

●Akaraku tea bowl, inscribed "Snowflake" (Seppen) What is Hon'ami Koetsu? The original is one of the Ten Kinds of Koetsu tea bowls (Fujiyama, Kaga Koetsu, Kuro Koetsu, Kushigai, Tetsuheki, Ariake, Shoji, Yukiflake, Hegeme. Bishamon-do)
It was made on an Akaraku base, and it is thought that the body was covered in a white glaze that resembled snow.

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Size: Approx. diameter 9 x height 10 cm
Author: Akira Sasaki
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My grandfather built it in Kiyomizuzaka, Kyoto.
Born in 1944 in Kameoka City, Kyoto Prefecture.
In 1963, he studied under his father, the second generation Shoraku.
In 1983, he inherited the third generation of Showraku.
[Kiln name: Kirai Kiln Pottery name: Kyoshitsu] Granted in 1996 by Fukutomi Setsudai Roshi, the 14th head priest of Daitokuji Temple
[Seionken] Received in 1960 from Master Oda Setso, the 11th abbot of Daitokuji Temple
In 1905, he moved from Kyoto to Higashiyama, in front of the gates of Kiyomizu-dera Temple, and opened the tea kiln "Shorakugama".
Now, he has moved his kiln to the mountain village of Kameoka, northwest of Kyoto.
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Box: Wooden box
Caution: Raku ware glaze may be sensitive to acids.
●The clay used for Raku ware has a coarse grain.