Rengetsu ware
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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
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Meher McArthur, The Sake Wares of Otagaki Rengetsu, Black Robe White Mist, p. 77.
External links
[edit] Media related to Rengetsu ware at Wikimedia Commons