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is a type of
is a type of Japanese pottery
is one of the oldest Japanese crafts and Japanese art, art forms, dating back to the Neolithic period. Types have included earthenware, pottery, stoneware, porcelain, and Blue and white porcelain, blue-and-white ware. Japan has an exception ...
that was made by the Buddhist nun ÅŒtagaki Rengetsu
was a Buddhist nun who is widely regarded to have been one of the greatest Japanese poets of the 19th century. She was also a skilled potter and painter and expert calligrapher.
Biography
She was the daughter of a courtesan and a noblema ...
(1791–1875).
She was a prolific poet and calligrapher, but also an artisan. She created a number of vessels for ''sencha
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'' and ''chanoyu
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'' tea drinking traditions. She also created a large number of ''sake
Sake, , or saki, also referred to as Japanese rice wine, is an alcoholic beverage of Japanese origin made by fermenting rice that has been polished to remove the bran. Despite the name ''Japanese rice wine'', sake, and indeed any East Asi ...
'' vessels such as ''tokuri'' flasks and ''guinomi'' cups. 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
Further reading
* Meher McArthur, The Sake Wares of Otagaki Rengetsu, Black Robe White Mist, p. 77.External links
* 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 Culture in Kyoto Prefecture Japanese pottery {{japan-art-stub