Tea caddy, named Muichimotsu

Object Details

• Collection

  Freer Study Collection

• Origin

  Motoyashiki kiln or Heiji or related kiln, Tajimi or Seto, Gifu prefecture or Aichi prefecture, Japan

• Credit Line

  Gift of Gregory Kinsey, Kinsey Chanoyu Collection, in honor of Duane Feasel Sosei, long-time Chanoyu practitioner and Master Chanoyu instructor, New York.

• Type

  Vessel

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• Place

  Motoyashiki kiln, Aichi prefecture, Japan, Tajimi, Gifu prefecture, Seto, Heiji

• Topic

  Art, Momoyama period (1573 - 1615), The Kinsey Chanoyu Collection, Ivory, Stoneware, Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868), Japanese Art, Lacquer, Tea ceremony, Ceramics

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)