Height 8.9 cm, mouth diameter 22.6 cm, base diameter 11.6 cm
Umezawa Memorial Hall
　The second most valuable Ko-Imari type bowl after the bowl with a five-fold pattern is the so-called “Kototaka Hermit” bowl.
The inside is decorated with red beads and a relief design on six sides, while the outside is decorated with a Chinese flower design in white overglaze enamels in gold and white overglaze enamels in red on one side and a Chinese flower in a different shape on the fourth side.
The high quality of the base material allows both the underglaze blue and overglaze blue colors to be vividly expressed.
The pattern of the inner surface is influenced by the five-color gold-encrusted handles of the Jiajing period of the Ming dynasty, and the outer surface has a unique pattern of Chinese flowers, but it is thought to be based on old red glaze.
Moreover, since the Genroku period (around 1688), old red-painted gold-aranote became highly prized in Japan, Urai-Imari wares were probably produced under the influence of this style, and were mainly for domestic consumption by feudal lords and wealthy merchants rather than for export.
A double circle is expressed in dyeing on the base, and two small marks remain.
