Japanese Tea Ceremony Sigaraki-Yaki Chawan Ogawa Jinsai
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PHOTOS DESCRIPTION Japanese Tea Ceremony Sigaraki-Yaki Chawan Ogawa Jinsai OgawaJinsai produced this Chawan. He is a ceramist born in 1914. As a traditional legend, a potter by the name of Kato Shirozaemon Kagemasa, also known as Toshiro, had supposedly gone to China with a Buddhist priest Dogen during the Joo era. Upon his return to Japan around 1227, he wandered through central Japan in search of clay similar to that used in his studies in China Toshiro eventually settled in an area known as Seto, located in modern Aichi prefecture. T he began producing pottery with modified Chinese techniques. However, the connection between Japanese wares and Chinese models are more complicated than suggested in the legend. The developments of the kilns during the medieval period are thought to have taken place through the transformation of Sue ware technology. In the later half of the Heian period, Sue ware production came to an abrupt decline, with production now centralizing in the Owari, Mino, Bizen, and Omi provinces. Political collapse in the Heian period caused Sue ware potters to begin producing inexpensive wares such as tsubo (jars), kame (wide mouthed bowls), and suribachi (mortars or grinding). The Sue ware workshops began producing in characteristic regional blocks. All these led to the development of the kilns in the region
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