Chukoh specialty. Kiln-broken tea caddy, Minna no Kawate. Formerly known as Shiranami. The inscription “Wasurensui” was composed by Abe Bungo-mori Masatake, and the poem “Mannin min minasu musubu no shinin, but Wasurensui wa miho ni akanu kokoro sareru” is from the “Fuga-shu” (The Anthology of the History of the Arts and Sciences). The overall shape is of a rough-grained, astringent paper color, with a yellow glaze that appears as if it has been powdered from the mouth rim to the hem. This tea caddy is somewhat lacking in elegance, but has an interesting view. It was originally owned by Ishikawa Rokubei, a merchant, and passed down to Kami Wakasa Mamoru Shaozen, who named it Shiranami, but it later came into the hands of Abe Bungo, an old court official, and was named Bousui.
Later, it was handed down to Matsudaira Sakon Shogun Nariyup, and in 1782, it was delivered to Matsudaira Fumai, and has been handed down in the same family ever since.
(Meibutsuki, Kokin Meibutsu Ruiju, Rimpo Kameryu, Taisho Meikikan)
