Height 6.9cm, mouth diameter 12.2cm, base diameter 5.1cm
Gokisui Art Museum
The front of the inner box lid is inscribed “Shugakuin-yaki Gokirigata Gichawan (Tea Bowl)” and there is an affixing paper in the upper left corner that reads “Man ‘Shujuin-den’ (Man ‘Shujuin-den’). Furthermore, on the front of the outer box cover, there is “Shugakuin-yaki Gosha Bowl, Received” and on the back, “Manjuin-gu Gokurage no Uchiuchi Yabuuchi (Hanashii),” which, based on the above inscription, suggests that a tea bowl made by the Kirigata of Omizuoin was given to the gateway to Manjuin-gu near Shugakuin and was later received by Yabuuchi. In the article of December 9, Kanbun 7, Kanbun 7, of the “Binan-ki,” there is an inscription that reads, “Shugakuin Rikyu ware tea bowl, Gohanairi, Suiji, rinsed with a brush,” and this type of tea bowl was probably made as the one favored by the imperial family.
The thin, spacious bowl shape is wheel-thrown to tighten the body, with four thin stripes around the outer edge of the mouth and a shallowly chiseled high base, which gives it an appearance similar to that of the tea bowls of Ninsei. The entire body is lightly glazed, with a slightly darker, light green glaze drifting over a portion of the body. There are six clear marks on the tatami mats of the base, and a small oval seal is stamped on the inner left side of the base, but the characters are not legible. This is a valuable artifact for the study of Shugakuin ware.
