Digital Collections

- Teabowl for thin tea with folded crane design
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Drinking vessels [lcsh]
- This small and charming bowl was crafted by well known Kyoto potter, Kyuho, who often worked with the 14th generation Head Master of the Urasenke Tradition of Tea, Sekiso Tantansai Mugensai (1893-1964). The protective box for this teabowl has...
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Teabowl for thin tea with swirl design
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Drinking vessels [lcsh]
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Teabowl for serving tea to a noble person
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Drinking vessels [lcsh]
- At the time a specific temae was developed to serve tea to a noble person (kinin), it was decided that all utensils, but especially the teabowl, should be used for the very first time. Since the kinin teabowl and the plain wood stand on which it...
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Incense container in mulberry wood
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Incense burners and containers [lcsh]
- Incense container for the furo season. In the warmer months of the years (traditionally May through October in Japan) the lighter scent of fragrant wood incense, such as sandalwood chips, is thought to be most refreshing. During these months, kogo...
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Teabowl for thin tea
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Drinking vessels [lcsh]
- Teabowl (chawan) for thin tea, with a wide and shallow shape that allows the tea to cool more quickly in the summertime. A Chinese bell flower, also called balloon flower or kikkyo, is painted on the bowl. This motif appears from mid-summer into...
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Brazier for small kettle
- Tea making paraphernalia [lcsh]; Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Braziers [lcsh]
- Bizen-style, natural ash glad brazier in the shape known as benibachi. The small size makes it suitable for supporting the handled kettle used in chabako.
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Bronze brazier
- Tea making paraphernalia [lcsh]; Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Braziers [lcsh]
- Bronze brazier (furo) in the shape known as Doanburo. Sen Doan, son of the renowned teamaster Sen Rikyu favored this shape, hence its name.
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Black incense container for furo season
- Incense burners and containers [lcsh]; Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]
- Black lacquer incense container (kogo) with Wisteria crest in gold lacquer. Note how the crest also references the image of a butterfly.
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Reddish lacquer incense container for furo season
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Incense burners and containers [lcsh]
- This reddish lacquer (tamenuri) incense container for the furo has a stylized bird motif.
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Lid rest in three-lobed leaf shape
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Tea making paraphernalia [lcsh]; Raku pottery [lcsh]
- Lid rest, in the three-lobed leaf shape (mitsuba futaoki) that is part of the Rikyu Seven futaoki set and crafted in a crackled white raku glaze known as koro kusuri (incense burner glaze).
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Lid rest in sazae seashell shape
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Tea making paraphernalia [lcsh]
- Lid rest, in the shape of a sazae seashell, that is part of the Rikyu Seven futaoki set.
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Lid rest in the incense censor shape
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Tea making paraphernalia [lcsh]; Raku pottery [lcsh]
- Lid rest, in the shape of an incense censor (hoya koro futaoki) that is part of the Rikyu Seven futaoki set. It is covered with a green raku glaze and highlighted with gold. Two versions of this lid rest exist, one with five medallions in which...
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Lid rest in shape of linked-arms children
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Tea making paraphernalia [lcsh]
- Lid rest, in the shape of three linked-arms Chinese children (mitsuningyo), that is part of the Rikyu Seven futaoki set.
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Lid rest in trivet shape
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Tea making paraphernalia [lcsh]
- Lid rest, in the shape of a trivet for a kettle, that is part of the Rikyu Seven futaokii set, made in green and white raku glaze that resembles Oribe ware. This shape of futaoki is used only at times when a trivet is not present in the sunken...
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Tray for serving dry sweets in black and gold
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Tea making paraphernalia [lcsh]; Trays -- Japan [lcsh];
- The geometric shape of this tray is a stylized image of a snow flake.
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Stand for water ladle and fire tongs in green raku glaze
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Tea making paraphernalia [lcsh];
- Stand for water ladle and fire tongs (shakutate) in green raku glaze with highlights in gold, to be used with the formal setting of utensils on a daisu or nagaita utensil stand.
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Bizen-style vase with crane's neck design
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Bizen pottery [lcsh]; Vases [lcsh]
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Vase for flowers
- Vases [lcsh]; Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]
- Ceramic vase with ears. Although ceramic vases may be used in either the furo season (May through October when the enclosed brazier is used to heat the kettle) or the ro season (November through April when the sunken hearth is used), the...
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Stand for water ladle and fire tongs in bronze
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Tea making paraphernalia [lcsh];
- Stand for water ladle and fire tongs (shakutate) in bronze, to be used with the formal setting of utensils on a daisu or nagaita utensil stand.
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Gourd-shaped sweet container for picnic box tea
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh];
- The characters, which read "FURYU" (an aesthetic concept of naturalness) reproduce the calligraphic hand of the 14th generation Head Master of the Urasenke tradition of tea, Tantansai Mugensai Soshitsu (1893-1964). The potter is Kyuho, with whom...
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection