Height 7.8 cm, mouth diameter 13.6 cm, base diameter 6.1 cm
Kyoto Folk Crafts Museum
This tea bowl belonged to Matsudaira Fumai, and is described in “Unshu Meimono Ki” as “Okukorai Fukasanro Kyo Mitsui Kansei Fushimiya”, which was owned by the Mitsui family in Kyoto. This is the most wabi-style tea bowl among the Okukorai tea bowls, and is unrivaled in the depth of its tea flavor. It has a spacious bowl shape, the mouth is held slightly inward, and the cutting from the waist to the edge of the base is boldly deep, so that the base is high and clearly cut out. The inside of the base is rounded, and the marks of the shavings show fine crepe wrinkles. The glaze may have been slightly under-burned, but it is softly burnished like the fried skin of Kizeto, giving it a dark kutuba (decayed leaves) color. The surface has a dark, decayed foliage color. The prospect is large, deep, and ample, and there are four marks. It is thin throughout and surprisingly light to the touch.
