Height 25.6 cm, n diameter 10.6 x 13.7 cm, left and right 18.0 cm, bottom diameter 12.7 x 13.7 cm
This is a cylindrical flower vase with a flattened front and back, and the upper part of the body is bent down one step. The upper part of the body is slightly bent at the top, and slightly small ears are randomly placed on either side of the body. The mouth is rounded on the outside and turned inward in the style of an ubaguchi, and a hinokagaki pattern is carved in shallow spatula from the back of the body above the ears to the front. In addition, a line of horizontal spatula carving is also laid across the hem of the body. The entire vase is almost grayish-blue in color, with two large and two small areas on the front and a rather large area on the side that has a reddish burnished appearance like an island, creating a truly interesting and vivid scene. A thin sesame glaze in the color of decayed leaves falls lightly on some parts of the surface. There are small holes drilled under the mouth in both the front and back, but these have now been filled in. On the back of the box lid, there is an inscription that reads, “Transferred from Taroan on the ninth day of the second month of the Genbun Era, Bizen fine water jar,” but the author is unknown. The author is unknown. Tarouan is probably Tarouan Ryosai, a tea master under the school of Tosai Haraso. It is now often used as a flower vase, but it may have been used as a fine water jar in the past for ceremonial occasions. It is called “Taro-an” after its former owner.
