Rengetsu ware

Type of Japanese poetry
Teapot for steeped tea (kyūsu) inscribed with a waka poem by Ōtagaki Rengetsu, stoneware with rice-straw-ash glaze, late Edo period-early Meiji era, mid-19th century

Rengetsu ware (蓮月焼, Rengetsu-yaki) is a type of Japanese pottery that was made by the Buddhist nun Ōtagaki Rengetsu (1791–1875).

She was a prolific poet and calligrapher, but also an artisan. She created a number of vessels for sencha and chanoyu tea drinking traditions.[1] She also created a large number of sake vessels such as tokuri flasks and guinomi cups.[2] She adorned her ceramics with poems written in her calligraphic style.

Her style of ware was continued even after her death and a traditional center of production was in Okazaki, Kyoto.

References

  1. ^ "Otagaki Rengetsu (1791～1875)".
  2. ^ "Otagaki Rengetsu (1791～1875)".

Further reading

  • Meher McArthur, The Sake Wares of Otagaki Rengetsu, Black Robe White Mist, p. 77.

External links

Media related to Rengetsu ware at Wikimedia Commons

  • https://books.google.com/books?id=EFI7tr9XK6EC&dq=rengetsu+ware&pg=RA2-PA398
  • http://morikami.org/otagaki-rengetsu-lotus-moon/
  • http://www.kyoto-u.ac.jp/maibun/nf/artifact-nf3.html#kinsei3
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