Important Cultural Property
Height 8.8cm, Bore 11.7-12.3cm, Base 6.1cm in diameter
Mitsui Bunko
On the back of the lid of the inner box, Kakusai Haraso wrote “Koetsu black tea bowl, brand name: Amegumo Left (hanasho)”. Together with “Shigure”, it is famous as a representative Koetsu black tea bowl. The shape is similar to that of “Shigure,” with a very low base, a rounded waist, and an almost straight line from the waist to the mouth, but with a slight bulge on the body, which is partially tightened at the mouth. In the case of “Shigure”, the low base was rounded out, but this bowl is almost like a go-zukuri, slightly elevated, and the inside of the base is rounded out shallowly, leaving five marks irregularly on the tatami mats. The bottom part is slightly warped at one end, and the mouth rim is flat and sharply cut, but this kind of artifice in tegakune tea bowls can be said to be unique to Koetsu. The rim is thin, thick, and irregular, and is gently raised and lowered.
The glaze tone is the same as that of nongkou black ware. The name of this piece is thought to have been derived from the diagonal fire gap that appears on one side of the body and the hem of the body, as if the glaze had been scraped off, as if it were a heavy rain cloud, but the unglazed portion has the same iron skin as the “Shigure” type. There is no tea tamenuri in the prospect, and it is gently rounded and flattened, with two cracks on the edge of the mouth.
It is slightly thicker and heavier than “Shigure”.
It is known to have been in the possession of the Mitsui Hachiroemon family for a long time, and was recently donated to the Mitsui Bunko.
