Otagaki Rengetsu | Teabowl

Fluttering in a field
of flowers and dew
now dozing away...
who while dreaming
comes as this butterfly?
 
By Rengetsu’s time, the diverse participants in Chanoyu obtained utensils from orthodox potter lineages such as Raku, used vessels they made themselves as selftaught amateurs, of obtained them from new sources that included provincial kilns and workshops of independent potters, among them nuns such as Rengetsu. (Patricia J. Graham: Otagaki Rengetsu and the Japanese Tea Ceremony, in: Black Robe White Mist, 2007, pp. 63-64).
 
Otagaki Rengetsu (1791-1875)
Teabowl
Glazed ceramic
H 8 cm (3 in.)
D 9.4 cm (3 3/4 in.)
Certificate box by Tokuda Koen