A type of Korean tea bowl. In the classification of tea masters in Japan, Chubaku is the same as Sohaku, and is described in the Huainanzi as “pure white with no stains. It is named after the pure white glaze color of the tea bowl. It is very rare, and it is said that the Chushu-bai, which came from the Marquis Maeda of Kaga, is the original, and only the Arirai in the Umakoshi family collection is of the same type. No other piece in the world bears the same name. The Maeda marquis’s piece is similar to kohiki, while the Yue family’s is similar to katate. However, since both are pure white glazed, the ancients may have considered them to be the same hand, but there is considerable room for research on this subject. The white glaze of Maeda Hou was a Chukyo specialty, and the “Meiri-so” says, “White wells should be called So-haku wells in the common sense. There are interesting bluish dip patterns in the external white glaze in places, and blue anadare glaze drips in places. There are three long and three short fire spaces, and several vertical gutters. The base is made of bamboo and has a thin bottom rim. The interior has the same beautiful luster of the white glaze as the exterior, and the pattern of the glaze is so beautiful that it cannot be described in words. The shape is similar to that of a Tokurikiri, and the tea flavor is deep, and it is not without reason that it was the most famous tea bowl in the world since ancient times. If we were to count the famous tea bowls under heaven, this one would probably not be found outside the list of ten.
(Taisho Meikikan)
