Height 8.2 cm, mouth diameter 13.0 cm, base diameter 4.9 cm
Raku Museum
The so-called Shiraku yuzu (white Raku yuzu) of feldspar quality, also commonly called Koro-yuzu or Tsunekei glaze, is assumed to have been first used by Tsunekei, but was probably invented in imitation of Shino glaze. This tea bowl is stamped with the Raku seal, which is said to be a Tokkei seal, on the base. The shape of the bowl is not the so-called Rikyu style, but rather the Tenmoku style or the Ido style, which has been handed down from generation to generation. The bowl is covered with a thick layer of rough-ground white oaks, and the body from the waist down is of earthen appearance, and the height of the base is not at all different from that of ordinary half-tube vessels. However, the edge of the base has been spatula-trimmed flat, perhaps in imitation of the tenmoku base.
