Height 13.3cm, Diameter 12.5cm, Foot diameter 4.5cm
This is a representative work of the Nisei copy of Hozon. The smooth, arm-shaped form is certainly a copy of Nisei’s work, and while the foot is left as it is and a soft white glaze is applied, the white glaze is also similar to that of Nisei’s.
The design depicts a red sun with a red-crowned crane in the center, known as a “sunrise crane”, and the waves on the underside are decorated with gold and silver. If it is a copy of Ninshō’s work, there would naturally have been an original, but until now we have never seen a Ninshō Hinodezuru-mon tea bowl. Alternatively, it is thought that it may have been a design based on the style of Ninshō, but created by a different potter. The mark “Kahin Shiryū” is stamped on the side of the foot ring, and on the lid of the box, it is written “Hinodezuru Nisei-gata Chawan” on the front and “Hozon-zō” on the back, with the Yongle mark stamped on the back. This was formerly in the collection of the Kawasaki family.
