Raku Tea Bowls andCelebrating the New Year with

Pine Trees in the Snow

List of Exhibits

December 4, 2013 - January 25, 2014

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Yuan Dynasty, 14th C.Edo period, 17th C.Momoyama period, 16th C.Ming Dynasty, 17th C.Ming Dynasty, 17th C.Momoyama period, 16-17th C.Momoyama period, 16-17th C.

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Flower vase with phoenix handles, celadonKettle of Hira-maru type with twelve animal symbolsIncense burner of Kuchi-yose form, black RakuIncense case with bird-and-flower design in gold, Kōchi wareIncense case in eggplant shape, ShonzuiTea caddy, Futami-de type, Seto ware, named "Futami", Chūkō-meibutsuWater jar, Bizen ware, named "Sazare-ishi"Tea bowl, Ō-ido type, possessed by Oda Uraku Choson Dynasty, 16th C.Tea bowl, Totoya type, named "Kasumi" Choson Dynasty, 16th C.Tea bowl, Ko-mishima type, known as "Nitoku-mishima" Choson Dynasty, 16th C.Tea bowl, Kōrai ware, known as "Furuteya-kōrai", Chūkō-meibutsu Choson Dynasty, 16th C.Tea bowl, Goki type, named "Ogura-yama" Choson Dynasty, 16th C.

Room 2Tea bowl, Kohiki type, known as "Miyoshi-kohiki" Choson Dynasty, 16th C.

Room 3 Jo-an Tea RoomPainting and poem of Hōrai-san Edo period, 18-19th C.

Water jar, Shibugami-de type, Seto ware

Room 4Jurakudai castle Momoyama period, 16th C.

Edo period, 17th C.Arrival of westernersGuo Ziyi Maruyama ŌkyoRice plant, hemp and cotton 1791

18 1773Landscape19 National Tresure, Pine trees in the snow Edo period, 18th C.20 Ono no Komachi Kanō Naonobu21 Jurōjin, pine tree and bamboo Edo period, 17-18th C.22 Minamoto no Yoshiie23 The seven gods of good luck Kanō Osanobu24 Edo period, 19th C.Landscape in four seasons

25 ChōjirōImportant Cultural Property, Tea bowl, black Raku, named “Shunkan”26 Momoyama period, 16th C.Flat tea bowl, black Raku27 Momoyama period, 16th C.Tea bowl, black Raku28 Dōnyū, Raku III Tea bowl, red Raku, named "Nue"29 Dōnyū, Raku III Tea bowl, red Raku, named "Sairai"30 Dōnyū, Raku III Tea bowl, black Raku, named "Yuki-no-yo"31 Ichinyū, Raku IV Tea bowl, black Raku, named "Yotsume"32 Tea bowl, black Raku33 Sōnyū, Raku V Tea bowl, black Raku, named "Eboshi"34 Sōnyū, Raku V Tea bowl, black Raku, Ayame-utsushi style35 Sōnyū, Raku V Flat Mukōzuke dishes with flower design, green Raku36 Sanyū, Raku VI Tea bowl, black Raku, named "Shinku", from Sanyū-nihyaku37

1733Tea bowl, black Raku, named "Kotori", from Sanyū-nihyaku

38 Tea bowl with Higaki(mat woven with cypress-wood strips) design,

Momoyama period, 16-17th C.

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ChōjirōŌnishi Jōrin

Sottakusai

Tea bowl, Goshomaru type

Tea container, black lacquer, Jō-ō gonomi style

Bamboo tea scoop, named "Okina"

Hidetsugu

Shōkadō Shōjō

Choson Dynasty, 17th C.

Muromachi period, 16th C.

Edo period, 17th C.

1775Maruyama ŌkyoMaruyama ŌkyoMaruyama Ōkyo

Edo period, 17th C.Kanō Tsunenobu

Edo period, 18th C.Kanō YoshinobuEdo period, 19th C.

Kanō Naganobu

Momoyama period, 16th C.ChōjirōChōjirō

Edo period, 17th C.Edo period, 17th C.Edo period, 17th C.Edo period, 17th C.

Ichinyū, Raku IV Edo period, 17th C.Edo period, 17-18th C.Edo period, 17-18th C.Edo period, 17-18th C.

Sanyū, Raku VI 1733

Sanyū, Raku VI 1733red Raku, from Sanyū-nihyaku

Room 5

＊display between 12/4-12/26

＊display between 1/4-1/25

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Edo period, 18th C.

Edo period, 18th C.Edo period, 19th C.Edo period, 19th C.Edo period, 19th C.18711885

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Tea bowl with hollyhock crest design, white Raku

Dishes in oak leaf shape, red RakuSquare tea bowl, black RakuFlat Mukōzuke dishes with bamboo grass design, red RakuTea bowl, black Raku, named "Kikkō"Tea bowl with two different sides, black RakuTea bowl with crane design, black Raku, named "Suminoe"Tea bowl, Goshomaru-utsushi type 1887Tea bowl, red Raku Meiji period, 19th C.Dish with Fukurokuju design, green Raku Meiji period, 19th C.

Tea bowl with two different sides, Raku Taishō-Shōwa periodFlat tea bowl, red Raku, named "Seigaiha" Shōwa period

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Ryōnyū, Raku IXChōnyū, Raku VII

Panel Display: Mitsui Takasuke and Kishū-oniwayaki

Chōnyū, Raku VII

Keinyū, Raku XI Tannyū, Raku X Ryōnyū, Raku IX

Kōnyū, Raku XII Keinyū, Raku XI Keinyū, Raku XI

Kakunyū, Raku XIVSeinyū, Raku XIII

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Tea bowl, red RakuTea bowl, black RakuTea bowl, red Raku, named "Hotaru"

Tea bowl, green RakuTea bowl, black Raku, named "Kyūsetsu"Tea bowl, black Raku, named "Benkei"Tea bowl, red Raku, named "Onikage"Tea bowl, black Raku, named "Sanbasō" 1848

Tea bowl with tortoise design, red Raku, Kishū-oniwayaki 1819

Tea bowl with wild geese design, named “Nowaki”, 1819

Tea bowl, red Raku, Kishū-oniwayaki 1819Tea bowl with jewel design, named “Ryū-da Konzatsu”, 1819

Fujimura YōkenKichizaemon, Raku XV Kichizaemon, Raku XV

Sottakusai SōsaMitsui Takahira

Mitsui Takasuke

Kyūkōsai Sōsa

Ryōryōsai Sōsa

Sakamoto SōshinMitsui Takasuke

Mitsui Takasuke

Drawing by Tokugawa Harutomi

Drawing by Mitsui Takasuke

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Waste water jar of Ō-wakizashi type, Raku, Kishū-oniwayaki 1819Round-shaped incense case with chrysanthemum design, 1819

Raku Tannyū

64 Top-shaped incense case, red Raku, Kishū-oniwayaki 1819

65 Tea bowl, named “Zangetsu”, red Raku, Kishū-oniwayaki 1827Yae66 Tea bowl, named “Menbako”, black Raku, Kishū-oniwayaki Edo periodTokugawa Nariyuki

red Raku, Kishū-oniwayaki

red Raku, Kishū-oniwayaki

black Raku, Kishū-oniwayaki

family collections. In addition, Raku ware works fired in the garden of the second house of the Kishū Tokugawa family are on display.

New Year in Nihonbashi begins with the National Treasure, “Pine Trees in the Snow” painted by Maruyama Ōkyo. Celebrating the New Yearwith this masterpiece depicting evergreen pine trees standing in clear crisp air and snow crystals shining in the bright sunlight is an annual pleasure at the Mitsui Memorial Museum. Along with Raku tea bowls, we display the screen “Jurakudai Castle” depicting central Kyoto in the Momoyama period. Jurakudai was completed in Kyoto in 1587 as the castle of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. It happens to coincide with the time when Chōjirō, the first generation of the Raku family was active.It is considered that Raku tea bowls originated from Chōjirō, commissioned by Sen Rikyū(1522-1591) who perfected the aesthetics of Wabicha. Chōjirō s tea bowls were not formed on a potter s wheel but just by hand, a process called Tezukune, and fired in a kiln inside the Raku family house in Kyoto, which means that Raku ware was made in a unique manner compared to other glazed earthenware. Raku tea bowls are thought to have first been made in the middle of the Tenshō era(1573-1591) in the Momoyama period. Since then, consecutive heads of the Raku family in Kyoto have handed down the method up to the present day and the fifteenth head Mr. Raku Kichizaemon.This exhibition features tea bowls made by successive heads of the Raku family donated from the Kita Mitsui family and Muromachi Mitsui

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Mitsui Memorial MuseumNihonbashi Muromachi 2-1-1-7F, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, 103-0022

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Coming up next

January 7 - April 6, 2014

Hina Dolls of the Mirsui Family /

[Floor guide]

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