chatsubo　茶壷

KEY WORD :　architecture / tea houses

Tea jar. Earthenware jars to store tea leaves, usually 30-40cm in height and 30-35cm in diameter. From the Kamakura until the Muromachi periods, Bizen, Seto and Shigaraki wares were the most common (see *bizenyaki 備前焼, *setoyaki 瀬戸焼, *shigarakiyaki 信楽焼). In the Momoyama period, jars imported from Southern China rusontsubo 呂宋壷 were most highly prized.

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