Height 9.0cm, mouth diameter 9.5cm, high stand diameter 4.4cm
The inscription on the back of the lid of the inner box, “Chojiro ware red tea bowl, inscribed Miwa Touyun Fu Sousa (flower seal),” was written by Jyoshinsai, while the author who wrote “Raku ware red tea bowl by Chojiro” on the front of the lid is unknown. The inscription “Miwa” is said to have been named by Sotan, who thought of the black fire discoloration on one side of the body as a grove of trees on Mount Miwa in Yamato, and it was already in the Konoike family collection and called “Miwa” when Nyoshinsai inscribed it.
It was already in the collection of the Konoike family at the time when Jyoshinsai wrote the inscription on it, and was called “Miwa. The body has a slight bulge, and the small stand is rounded as usual, and the width of the whorl inside the stand stands up. The inside of the helmet is tightened one step. Yuzu (Japanese citron) on the body of the bowl is like a thin and thick waterfall on the red clay.
The yuzu has almost completely peeled off from the base, revealing the red polychrome clay, and the glaze on one side of the body has been burnished to a light black. The body also shows evidence of major repairs. Although we have not seen it yet, it seems to be a tea bowl similar in style to “Shishi (lion),” which was handed down by Matsudaira Fumai no Kami. It was owned by Hibi Goro Saemon and passed down to the Osaka Konoike family before Manji period.
