Height 20.0 cm, mouth diameter 25.7 cm, bottom diameter 14.5 cm
The name “Onioke” is a corruption of the word “Ramie”, and it is said to have been used as a water container by tea masters in the past. It is not clear whether this water container was originally a Ramie tub or a water container made in the style of Ramie tub. However, Sen Sotan wrote on the front of the box lid, “Shao’ou shichiristu dokan oshikaraki mizusashi 也旦(花押),” which is a typical Shao’ou Shigaraki oni oke mizusashi from ancient times and has become a Chuko Meibutsu (a specialty of the Chukyo period). It is not clear whether or not the expression “Shaowu list” in the text can be interpreted as meaning that Shaowu regarded it as a water jar. On the back of the black lacquered lid, Sotan also wrote in red lacquer, “Dokan shikaraki shikaraki 旦 (hanaseki)” (Dokan was a contemporary of Sotan. Dokan is thought to be Shimizu Dokan, a tea master who served in the tea ceremony hall of the Date family in Sendai in the same period as Sotan.
It is a large suiza with a wide square shaped with a narrow base, brownish-brown clay skin, and a natural glaze of kutuba (decayed leaves) color applied on the inside and outside. There is no doubt that it was made in the late Muromachi period. The outer box has a certificate of authenticity by Kakusai Soza, the sixth generation of Omotesenke, and is in the former collection of Mashida Bunko.
