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context: ceramics > tea ceremony

Hon'ami Koetsu

Koetsu's famed Mount Fuji tea bowl

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Ceramics was one of Hon'ami Koetsu's many artistic activities. He mainly worked in styles derived from Raku, and I've seen it said that tea afficionados admire his work above that of any other potter, and the bowl featured here may be the most revered tea bowl ever.

backwards: oribe

forwards: karatsu