Red Raku tea bowl, named Asa Fuji (Morning Fuji)

Object Details

• Artist

  Sen Kenso Jikisai Soshu (1725-1782, 7th generation iemoto of Mushanokoji Senke)

• Description

  Tea bowl and accessories numbered as follows:

  F2010.2a tea bowl

  F2010.2b inner wooden box

  F2010.2c inner wooden box inscribed lid

  F2010.2d wrapping cloth for use inside inner box

  F2010.2e paper cover for inner box lid

  F2010.2f outer wooden box

  F2010.2g inscribed lid for outer wooden box

  F2010.2h decorated paper cover for outer box

  F2010.2i plain paper cover for outer box

  F2010.2j silk cord

• Label

  This bowl’s name evokes the first glimpse of the sacred peak of Mt. Fuji at dawn on the New Year. Its auspicious red color, however, suits it for use year-round. The bowl’s maker, Jikisai, was the seventh master of the Mushanokoji Senke school of tea. As an enthusiastic amateur potter, he also made numerous hand-formed tea bowls, which he had glazed and fired at the Raku workshop. This practice deepened his personal knowledge of a tea bowl’s desirable qualities.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Seasons: Tea (February 5 to August 7, 2011)

  Seasons: Arts of Japan (February 5, 2011 to January 13, 2013)

  An Invitation to Tea (November 9, 1996 to April 26, 1998)

• Origin

  Kyoto, Japan

• Credit Line

  Gift of Koichi Yanagi and Yuko Hosomi

• Type

  Vessel

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Name

  Soshu, Sen Kenso Jikisai

• Place

  Kyoto, Japan

• Topic

  Tea, Art, Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868), Japanese Art, Pottery, Tea ceremony, Ceramics, Red slip, Raku ware

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)