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Source Description
This teapot and the inscribed poem may have been created by Otagaki Rengetsu, a Japanese Buddhist nun. Otagaki was especially renowned for her ability to incorporate pottery and poetry into one work of art. The poem reads:May the pine wind flowing,flowing through the house,brush away the dust of the ages.
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Document identity
localId
18131
label
Teapot for Steeped Tea
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obj
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object
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Source metadata
id
18131
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object
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normalized
title
Teapot for Steeped Tea
description
This teapot and the inscribed poem may have been created by Otagaki Rengetsu, a Japanese Buddhist nun. Otagaki was especially renowned for her ability to incorporate pottery and poetry into one work of art. The poem reads:May the pine wind flowing,flowing through the house,brush away the dust of the ages.
provenance
Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1878; William T. Walters, Baltimore, 1878, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
mid 19th century
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
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Ceramics
teapots
kyusu
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1
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1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
H: 4 13/16 in. (12.22 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
style
Kyoto ware
inscriptions
[Poem] Yo no chiri o / yosoni harahite / yukusue no / chiyo o shimetaru / yado no matsukaze; [Translation] May the pine wind flowing
flowing
through the house
brush away the dust
of the ages
med
Stoneware ceramic, rice-straw ash glaze
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6675
17613
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JPK
exhibition_ids
2381
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1
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0
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photo
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