Height 7.7cm, Diameter 11.3-12.0cm, Foot diameter 4.5cm
This tea bowl is also a Nisen copy. It is a bowl-shaped tea bowl with a deep body and a warped rim, and the foot is small and tight. The entire piece, with the exception of the foot ring and foot, is covered in a thin, transparent, yellowish-brown glaze, and on one side of the body, pine trees and bamboo are depicted with cranes and tortoises. On the reverse side, a shimenawa (sacred rope) and plum blossoms are scattered about, along with a design of treasure-filled patterns. This tea bowl has exactly the same design as the Kyoto-yaki tea bowl in Figure 4, which is handed down in the Omote Senke school, and was probably made to order. The mark “Eiraku” is stamped on the side of the foot ring. On the front of the box lid is written “Hojinashi Ninshō-shu chawan” and on the back of the lid is written “Zenichirō-zukuri”.
