A great masterpiece. This is a tea caddy by Han. The glaze is a white scorpion glaze with a waterfall-like pattern on the body, and the end of the glaze is thick and ball-shaped. In addition, the entire surface of the tea caddy is covered with a white rat glaze that seems to be floating and flying around. This tea caddy was originally owned by Tokugawa Ieyasu, and in 1600 it was given to Yamaoka Bingo-no-Mamoru Kageyu, known as “Doami. After the death of Doami, it returned to the hands of Ieyasu, and was then passed on to Toshinao Shinanamori Nanbu (1610-, Keicho 15), the shogunate (1623-, Genna 9), Shigenao Nanbu (same year), the shogunate, Chikanari Sadomori Makino (1665-, Kanbun 5), the shogunate (1673-, Empo 1), and in 1680 (Empo 8) Lord Kofu Tokumatsu received it as a bequest from the shogun Ietsuna. In 1709, when he succeeded to the shogunate (Ienobu VI), this tea caddy also became the property of the shogunate and has been handed down to the Tokugawa Soke ever since. (Tozan Gomotsu Nai-betsu-cho, Gankan Meimono Ki, Komeimono Ki, Kanseijyushushoku Shujyu Shujyu Bu, Kokin Meimono Ruiju, Rimpo Kame Ryu, Taisho Meikikan, etc.)
