Kuro-Raku tea-bowl by Yotsugi Jakuso (d. 1843)

Kuro-Raku tea-bowl by Yotsugi Jakuso (d. 1843)

$2,420.00

Japan, Kyoto

Edo Period (1603-1868), 19th Century

Thickly potted with subtly rounded vertical walls and a flat well, covered in a deep blackish-brown glaze thinning in patches at the front exhibiting a rich and warm caramel colour. 7.25cm high, 11.75cm diameter. Together with a brown silk shifuku and original signed wooden box.

Catalogue 326.

Yotsugi Jakuso

Jakuso was a wealthy merchant in Kyoto during the late Edo period. He studied and became proficient at painting in the style of Yuan and Ming painting, particularly pine trees. He also excelled in waka and renga (Classical Japanese styles of poetry), tea ceremony, and crafting tea utensils. He was well connected in tea circles, and was a close personal friend of Gengensai (1810-1877), eleventh head of the Urasenke school of tea.

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Japan, Kyoto

Edo Period (1603-1868), 19th Century

Thickly potted with subtly rounded vertical walls and a flat well, covered in a deep blackish-brown glaze thinning in patches at the front exhibiting a rich and warm caramel colour. 7.25cm high, 11.75cm diameter. Together with a brown silk shifuku and original signed wooden box.

Catalogue 326.

Yotsugi Jakuso

Jakuso was a wealthy merchant in Kyoto during the late Edo period. He studied and became proficient at painting in the style of Yuan and Ming painting, particularly pine trees. He also excelled in waka and renga (Classical Japanese styles of poetry), tea ceremony, and crafting tea utensils. He was well connected in tea circles, and was a close personal friend of Gengensai (1810-1877), eleventh head of the Urasenke school of tea.

Japan, Kyoto

Edo Period (1603-1868), 19th Century

Thickly potted with subtly rounded vertical walls and a flat well, covered in a deep blackish-brown glaze thinning in patches at the front exhibiting a rich and warm caramel colour. 7.25cm high, 11.75cm diameter. Together with a brown silk shifuku and original signed wooden box.

Catalogue 326.

Yotsugi Jakuso

Jakuso was a wealthy merchant in Kyoto during the late Edo period. He studied and became proficient at painting in the style of Yuan and Ming painting, particularly pine trees. He also excelled in waka and renga (Classical Japanese styles of poetry), tea ceremony, and crafting tea utensils. He was well connected in tea circles, and was a close personal friend of Gengensai (1810-1877), eleventh head of the Urasenke school of tea.