Little Pot with a Poem by Rengetsu 1870s-80s | ||
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Posted 10 years ago
ho2cultcha
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I bought this from a Japanese woman from Berkeley today. She told me that it was made in the 1870s/80s by a Buddhist nun named Rengetsu. Rengetsu had lost all of her children and husband and lived alone and made pottery which she sold and gave away. There is a poem written on this pot which is about the joy of having a visitor and looking at the moon w/ the visitor.
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wow! i just found this cool info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%8Ctagaki_Rengetsu
Compare your cabbage pot to the one in the museum. From what I can see, it looks the same.
http://www.vajragallery.com/ceramics/c0023.html
Excellent acquisition - good work!
thank you Efes and artfoot! i'm very pleased w/ this purchase. that is the same one Efes!
Awesome, Ho2.
thanks racer!
What a wonderful find and purchase! [;>)
thank you Nevada! it's my new favorite 'thing'!
the poem reads:
Gentlefolk of Miyako,
please come see the moon
in my mountain village ...
I'll boil and serve you
some potatoes from my garden.
I recently showed this to someone who has studied Rengetsu's work for a long time. He pointed out that this is a katakuchi or pouring bowl. It is very unusual because of the 'handle' opposite the spout. It is a mushroom depicted as it is in Chinese ruyi. He said that it also has a Rengetsu signature which was only used to represent pieces that she made completely herself. It was made towards the end of her life, when most pieces were made by an assistant and written on by herself.
i am not qualified , so who am i , certainly not qualified in hagi yaki, , i did,not the katakuchi sampling, but i did the yusamashi sampling , and the isso sampling for shaping, and the so called non spike signing
well as a layman i can only conclude that this is a high value piece, and the reason the value is also is for soc is social antroposophical reason
waki
because she considere to be poem -guru
Thank you Waki!