Height 8.3-9.5cm, Bowl diameter 12.0-13.3cm, Stand diameter 5.5cm
This is a semi-tubular tea bowl with a tight ridge at the waist, slightly bulging at the body, and rising up to the mouth. It is a semi-tubular tea bowl of the same shape as “Shichiri” and “Kaga”, which is unique to Koetsu, and seems to be exactly the same as “Tekkabe”, which was lost in the Great Kanto Earthquake.
The base is low and clearly circular, and the tatami mat is flat. The chipping inside the base is similar to that of “Shichisato” and “Kaga Koetsu,” and is the area that shows Koetsu’s handiwork most clearly. The overall appearance of the piece is covered in the same non-kou style of kurowa as “Amegumo” and “Shichisato,” but there are fire gaps here and there, showing the iron-red color of the clay skin. The takadai tatami mats are marked with gotsume marks, and like “Shichiri”, “Amegumo”, and “Fujisan”, the prospective shape is slightly rounded and almost flat. On the back of the lid of the simple inner box, there is an inscription that reads, “This is a tea bowl donated by Hon’ami and passed down from this temple in February of the first year of Meiwa. Therefore, it is assumed that this tea bowl was donated to Tokuzenji by the Hon’ami family.
