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Pottery Bowl by Japanese Zen Priest Mamiya Eishu Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Stoneware: Pre 1940 item# 999741 (stock# TCR2830)
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A lucky ammer in red decorates the inside of this large bowl by Mamiya Eishu enclosed in a period wooden box. It appears to read Kishoho or Kishohon (the method to satisfaction or the root of satisfaction respectively). The bowl is 7-1/2 inches (19 cm) diameter and in excellent condition. Eishu (1871-1945)entered the priesthood at the age of nine at Ryutakuji Temple under the training of the priest Tengan. 13 years later he was sent to one of the main temples, Tenryu-ji, in Kyoto to study un ...click for details

Black Raku Japanese Chawan Tea Bowl, Soraku Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Stoneware: Pre 1960 item# 979895 (stock# TCR2800)
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Pitted black drapes over the fine orange-peal texture of this Kuro-Raku Chawan by Higaki Soraku I (d. 1983) enclosed in the original wooden box endorsed within. The bowl is 5 inches (13 cm) diameter, 3-1/2 inches (8 cm) tall and in excellent condition. A beautifully formed bowl. Soraku took over the Katsura Kiln, and built it in its current form in 1955 making the decision at that time to concentrate almost uniquely upon tea ceremony wares along with his wife Sohaku. Upon his death in 1983 So ...click for details

Chawan Tea Bowl by important Zen Priest Kutsu Deiryu Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Stoneware: Pre 1950 item# 975526 (stock# TCR2786)
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A red Raku Chawan inscribed with the Ichigyosho Tea phrase Seifu hakki yoku ni shozu by Zen Priest Kutsu Deiryu enclosed in a wooden box. The bowl is 4-1/2 inches (11.5 cm) diameter and in fine condition. Kutsu Deiryu (1895-1954) was born into a military family, and was raised from an early age in the strict environment until being diagnosed with Tuberculosis. He was sent then to serve at a nearby temple but was refused as Buddhism was still recovering and many temples were quite poor. He wa ...click for details

Chawan Tea Bowl by Important Zen Priest Yamada Mumon Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Stoneware: Pre 1980 item# 975522 (stock# TCR2784)
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A Shino glazed bowl inscribed with the characters Jutoku by Zen Buddhist Priest Yamada Mumon enclosed in the original cedar box signed by the potter and made in 1974 for the 500th anniversary of the completion of Tokuju-Ji Temple. The bowl is roughly 5 inches (12 cm) diameter, 3-1/2 inches (8.5 cm) tall and in fine condition. Yamada Mumon (1900-1988) studied law in his youth, but was converted to the life of Buddhism by a statement of Confucian theory which says, rather than become a lawyer, c ...click for details

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