INPIRED JOURNEY

This Raku chawan is a bowl that I had here quite some time back and despite the prolific nature of the potter, this chawan is memorable for its alluring landscape and sensuous form that just belongs in the hands. As is probably apparent this bowl is an utsushi-mono of the Kuro-Raku "KAMIYA" chawan made by Sasaki Shoraku III and made in the style of Honami Koetsu. As I mentioned there are a lot of varying copies of the chawan of Honami Koetsu and Raku Chojiro and their descendants but this bowl had that something that gave it a bit more than being a mere copy. Perhaps it is the subtle display of exuberance that this bowl is imbued with that sets it apart coupled with a rich and lustrous surface that if you can imagine alludes to some long forgotten landscape scroll about an inspired journey filled with discovery along the way. Well at least that is how I see it, what do you see?