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Travel through Tea Utensils
Yuki Museum of Art
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This exhibition focuses on "land," highlighting tea utensils associated with specific places in Japan.
Some tea utensils have distinctive names known as "mei." These names add color to the confined space of the tea room, and many tea utensils bear names derived from actual place names.
For example, the "Shino Tea Bowl, Mei: Hirozawa" (Important Cultural Property) is a tea bowl from the 16th to 17th century, made in Mino. It has a half-cylinder shape with a thick glaze of feldspathic glaze and features iron glaze decorations including alternating wheel patterns, vertical lines, and crescents on the sides. The name is believed to evoke Hirozawa Pond, a well-known moon-viewing spot in Saga, Kyoto.
Some tea utensils have names inspired by poetic imagery, such as those referenced in classical Japanese poetry. The "Seto Kogame Tea Container, Mei: Asukagawa" was named after a tea container that once failed to move the heart of Kobori Enshu, but which later acquired an antique patina when seen again.
The imagery of land can also be depicted in tea utensils. The "Color-painted Musashino Tea Bowl, Kinko Kiln" (exhibited in the later period) features thin leaves painted in blue and green on the body. Musashino, a wilderness in the western part of the Kanto Plain, has been recognized as an endless field of thin-leafed grasses.
The exhibition also includes a range of national kiln perspectives, highlighting the unique features of each kiln. These include Bizen and Tanba, which have been producing ceramics since the medieval period, and Mino, Hagi, Karatsu, and Takatori, which rose with the popularity of tea ceremony. The ceramics found in tea rooms display the individuality of each region.
This exhibition will feature around 40 items, divided into the following periods:
First Period: September 1 (Sun) – October 20 (Sun)
Second Period: October 23 (Wed) – December 8 (Sun)
Some tea utensils have distinctive names known as "mei." These names add color to the confined space of the tea room, and many tea utensils bear names derived from actual place names.
For example, the "Shino Tea Bowl, Mei: Hirozawa" (Important Cultural Property) is a tea bowl from the 16th to 17th century, made in Mino. It has a half-cylinder shape with a thick glaze of feldspathic glaze and features iron glaze decorations including alternating wheel patterns, vertical lines, and crescents on the sides. The name is believed to evoke Hirozawa Pond, a well-known moon-viewing spot in Saga, Kyoto.
Some tea utensils have names inspired by poetic imagery, such as those referenced in classical Japanese poetry. The "Seto Kogame Tea Container, Mei: Asukagawa" was named after a tea container that once failed to move the heart of Kobori Enshu, but which later acquired an antique patina when seen again.
The imagery of land can also be depicted in tea utensils. The "Color-painted Musashino Tea Bowl, Kinko Kiln" (exhibited in the later period) features thin leaves painted in blue and green on the body. Musashino, a wilderness in the western part of the Kanto Plain, has been recognized as an endless field of thin-leafed grasses.
The exhibition also includes a range of national kiln perspectives, highlighting the unique features of each kiln. These include Bizen and Tanba, which have been producing ceramics since the medieval period, and Mino, Hagi, Karatsu, and Takatori, which rose with the popularity of tea ceremony. The ceramics found in tea rooms display the individuality of each region.
This exhibition will feature around 40 items, divided into the following periods:
First Period: September 1 (Sun) – October 20 (Sun)
Second Period: October 23 (Wed) – December 8 (Sun)
Schedule | Sep 1 (Sun) 2024-Dec 8 (Sun) 2024 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Adults ¥700, University Students ¥400, High School Students ¥300. | ||||
| Venue | Yuki Museum of Art http://www.yuki-museum.or.jp/  | ||||
| Location | 3-3-9 Hirano-cho, Chuo-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka 541-0046 | ||||
| Access | 5 minute walk from exit 11 at Yodoyabashi Station on the Keihan or Midosuji subway line, 9 minute walk from exit 6 at Kitahama Station on the Sakaisuji subway line. | ||||
| Phone | 06-6203-0188 | ||||
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