Densei Senkoji, Akaban City, Okayama Prefecture
Fukushi (writing), dated 1715
Height 63.0cm, Bowl diameter 17.5cm, Body diameter 46.1cm, Bottom diameter 22.8cm
Important Cultural Property
Agency for Cultural Affairs
　This is a very imposing Bizen large jar. With its short, upright neck, broad jade rim, sloping shoulders, and long body, this four-lobed jar is extremely important as a reference material for determining the age. The inscription on the body is
Hashimoto-bonobo, a regular resident of Ishiihara-yama.
Hurrah!
Hurrah, March 2030, the first year of the Fukuan era.
Koshi
Tsuriiemon Taro, Ibe Village, author (hanaseki)
The first month of the first year of the Fukuan era is the first month of the first year of the Bunan era. Koshi in the first year of the Fukuan era is the first year of the Bunan era, the year in which Yoshimasa VIII became Shogun. In the “Yamashina Kyogen no Ki” of 1406, there is a reference to “—— Bizen tea pots,” and it is known that three- or four-mimi pots had been used as leaf tea pots since the early Muromachi period (13th year of the Muromachi period). It is known that three-mimi jars or four-mimi jars were used as leaf tea jars since the early Muromachi period. This four-mimi jar must have been used as a tea jar as a regular resident of Hashimoto-bo. It is made of corded clay, and the outer surface is shaped by using a sesame lattice vertically. It is solidly fired and blackish brown in color, with a dark green natural glaze covering the neck and half of the shoulder. The shoulder has four horizontal ears, one of which has been repaired. The bottom of the bowl has been shaved at both ends.
