Height 8.6cm, mouth diameter 12.5cm, base diameter 6.4cm
Yugi Art Museum
The soft white glaze has a mild fire color. This is probably the most beautiful tea bowl with the most beautiful glaze among Shino tea bowls. The half-tube shaped tea bowl on the potter’s wheel has been gently intonated, and a change has been added without being obtrusive. The rounded base of the bowl has a wide tatami mat, and the center of the bowl is further cut down to form a so-called “double base”. The body is painted with a mountain and ring patterns, but they are not apparent, probably due to the thick glaze. The name may have been inspired by the scenery of the pond at Hirozawa, a famous spot near Saga in the western part of Rakusai. There are three small eye marks on the surface.
It was formerly in the collection of the Akahoshi family, who were known as “sukiboshi” (eccentric) in the Meiji era, and later belonged to Jun’o Masuda, but after World War II it became the property of Teiichi Yuki, and was transferred to the Yuki Art Museum, which opened in November 1987.
