[Tea utensils/tea ceremony tools Matcha tea bowl] Raku tea bowl Nonkou copy Aoi Gomon copy tea bowl Made by Sasaki Kyoshitsu (Kiraigama)

●Aoi Gomon tea bowl...This white Raku tea bowl was fired by Doinyu (commonly known as Nonkou), the third generation of the Raku family, and is painted with the hollyhock crest.
It was used on March 2, 1668, when Goshin Soza presented tea to his lord, Tokugawa Yorinobu.
It was bestowed upon Koshin by the Kishu Tokugawa family and is currently handed down in the Omotesenke school.
Currently, it is used for the Omotesenke school's Hatsugama ceremony.

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Size: Approx. diameter 13.8 x height 6.8 cm
Artist: Sasaki Kyoshitsu (Kiraigama)
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[2nd Generation (Yamato)] 4th Generation Matsuraku Kirai Kiln
Born in 1964 in Kameoka, Kyoto Prefecture
In 1980, he entered the ceramics department of Kyoto Municipal Doda High School of Art and Crafts.
1983: Enrolled in the Department of Crafts at Osaka University of Arts
1985: Enrolled in Kyoto Prefectural Pottery Vocational Training School
After graduating from the school in 1986, he studied under his father, Sasaki Kyoshitsu (Teruo), to learn techniques.
In 2011, Yamato Sasaki, the fourth generation potter of the kiln, took on the name of "Second Generation Sasaki Kyoshitsu"
In 2015, to mark the 110th anniversary of the kiln, the second generation master, Kyoshitsu, supervised the production of the "Kiraigama" series.
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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.