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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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