Bronze tea ceremony set (kaigu)

Tea ceramony set (kaigu). Bronze kaigu for use with daisu or nagaita: kettle and lid, waste water bowl, ladle stand, and lid rest

1a. bronze kettle with rounded shoulders and straight sides, two demon-head lugs and attached kettle lifting rings below shoulder on opposing sides of vessel, two ridges encircle the vessel above and below the lugs, inset foot ring encircles maker’s mark in center of base, polished interior surface inscribed by fine lines
1b. bronze kettle lid polished on exterior and interior surface, spinning rounded knob encircled by two ridges
1c. yellow cotton wrapping cloth for kettle
1d. yellow cotton bag for kettle lid
1e. paulownia wood storage box base for 1, 2, 3, 4
1f. paulownia wood storage box lid inscribed on exterior “Ichinose [to be read] [to be read] above imprint of black seal in relief “Sōshin”; interior inscribed “[to be read] / daisu kaigu”
1g. cardboard box base, label on front side printed “[to be read] [to be read] / daisu kaigu / Ichinose [to be read] [to be read] zō”
1h. cardboard box lid
1i. red, pink, gold, black printed fabric with wooden kura tag inscribed “ni dai / Ichinose Sōshin / karakane / daisu kaigu”

2. bronze waste water bowl, straight sides, no lip, two evenly-spaced ridges encircling the vessel’s exterior, artist’s mark impressed in center of base
2a. yellow cotton wrapping cloth for waste water bowl

3. bronze ladle stand with bulbous base on flaring foot, straight neck encircled by two evenly-spaced ridges, flat lip, vessel interior rusted below polished section, artist’s mark impressed in center of vessel’s footring
3a. yellow cotton wrapping cloth for ladle stand

4. bronze tubular lid rest with straight sides, two ridges encircling the exterior, flat lip
4a. yellow cotton wrapping cloth for lid rest

Maker(s)
Artist: Ichinose Sōshin III 一ノ瀬宗辰 III
Historical period(s)
Showa era, 1980s
Medium
Bronze
Geography
Japan
Credit Line
The Kinsey Chanoyu Collection, Gift of Gregory Kinsey
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Study Collection
Accession Number
FSC-M-88.1a-i-4a
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Metalwork
Type

Tea set

Keywords
Japan, Showa era (1926 - 1989), tea ceremony, The Kinsey Chanoyu Collection
Provenance
Provenance research underway.
Description

Tea ceramony set (kaigu). Bronze kaigu for use with daisu or nagaita: kettle and lid, waste water bowl, ladle stand, and lid rest

1a. bronze kettle with rounded shoulders and straight sides, two demon-head lugs and attached kettle lifting rings below shoulder on opposing sides of vessel, two ridges encircle the vessel above and below the lugs, inset foot ring encircles maker's mark in center of base, polished interior surface inscribed by fine lines
1b. bronze kettle lid polished on exterior and interior surface, spinning rounded knob encircled by two ridges
1c. yellow cotton wrapping cloth for kettle
1d. yellow cotton bag for kettle lid
1e. paulownia wood storage box base for 1, 2, 3, 4
1f. paulownia wood storage box lid inscribed on exterior "Ichinose [to be read] [to be read] above imprint of black seal in relief "Sōshin"; interior inscribed "[to be read] / daisu kaigu"
1g. cardboard box base, label on front side printed "[to be read] [to be read] / daisu kaigu / Ichinose [to be read] [to be read] zō"
1h. cardboard box lid
1i. red, pink, gold, black printed fabric with wooden kura tag inscribed "ni dai / Ichinose Sōshin / karakane / daisu kaigu"

2. bronze waste water bowl, straight sides, no lip, two evenly-spaced ridges encircling the vessel's exterior, artist's mark impressed in center of base
2a. yellow cotton wrapping cloth for waste water bowl

3. bronze ladle stand with bulbous base on flaring foot, straight neck encircled by two evenly-spaced ridges, flat lip, vessel interior rusted below polished section, artist's mark impressed in center of vessel's footring
3a. yellow cotton wrapping cloth for ladle stand

4. bronze tubular lid rest with straight sides, two ridges encircling the exterior, flat lip
4a. yellow cotton wrapping cloth for lid rest

Collection Area(s)
Japanese Art
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