Ōtagaki Rengetsu

Tea Bowl,

Maker

Culture

Japanese

Title

Tea Bowl

Medium

glazed ceramic

Materials/Techniques

Dimensions

10.8 cm (4 1/4 inches) (height)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription Text/Poem: 世のちりを
よそにはらへて
ゆく末の
ちよをしめたる
やどの松風
Translation: The impurity of the world
will be blown somewhere else
in the future by the pine wind
of the cottage which will
continue for 1000 generations to come

(Translation by Lee Bruschke-Johnson in The Life and Art of Ōtagaki Rengetsu, M.A. Theses, University of Kansas 1988)

Place

Origin: Japan

Type

Credit

Edgar J. Lownes Fund

Object Number

1987.060

Tea Bowl

Inscription Text/Poem: 世のちりを
よそにはらへて
ゆく末の
ちよをしめたる
やどの松風
Translation: The impurity of the world
will be blown somewhere else
in the future by the pine wind
of the cottage which will
continue for 1000 generations to come

(Translation by Lee Bruschke-Johnson in The Life and Art of Ōtagaki Rengetsu, M.A. Theses, University of Kansas 1988)

Origin: Japan

Publications

Exhibition History

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