Shigaraki Water jar, known as “Shiba-no-iroi”

Shigaraki Water jar, known as "Shiba-no-iroi"
Shigaraki Water jar, known as "Shiba-no-iroi"
Shigaraki Water jar, known as “Shiba-no-iroi”

Height 15.0 cm, mouth diameter 17.2 cm, bottom diameter 15.5 cm
Tokyo National Museum
 This is a representative Shigaraki suizashi, said to have belonged to Rikyu, and is famous as one of the three famous Shigaraki suizashi, along with the “Yang Kwei” and “Koshi Ori” suizashi named in ancient times. It is a “sun-doro” shaped suizashi with a tightened and stepped mouth and a flat cut around the rim. One side of the body is cracked vertically and horizontally, and half of the body has a dark green glaze with a thick, thin layer of ash. The clay surface is covered with feldspar grains. The bottom of the bowl has a flat bottom with a slight spatula cut away from the bottom of the body, and there are chips in three places where the pieces have stuck together. Hirota Matsushige donated it to the Tokyo National Museum.

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