Excavated from an old kiln at Nakai, Miyamachi, Shigaraki Town, Koka City, Shiga Prefecture, Japan
16th century
Height 18.5cm, mouth diameter 20.6cm, bottom diameter 15.5cm
Shigaraki Town Hall
The top of the mouth rim has a flat rim that tilts inward, and a thick stripe of a band is placed just below the outer surface. The surface of the vessel is brushed with a brush to adjust the horizontal nadir. This type of container was not used as a tea ceremony utensil until a little later, and is probably the ancestral form of this type of container.
