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Chaire (茶入) earliest history and original use unknown- ceramic as well as wood, lacquer; kinrinji (1200-1600’s)

Diagrams on this page are created by  Adam Sōmu Wojciński, they are lisenced CC Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International from   https://www.uedasokochanoyu.com/

Names of the various parts of a chaire, by Adam Sōmu Wojciński

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唐物 Shapes

Chaire shapes, by Adam Sōmu Wojciński

 

Karamono

唐物 Chaire Shapes

  • Katatsuki　肩衝 “shouldered”
  • Kotsubo　小壷 “small jars”
    • bunrin “apple”　文琳
    • nasu “eggplant”　茄子
    • bunna “cross between nasu and bunrin”　文茄
  • marutsubo “round jar”　丸壷
  • tsurukubi “crane’s neck”　鶴首

    • zatsu “mixed”　雑 * enza “on a round cushion”　円座

      • anko-guchi “angler-fish mouth” 鮟子口
      • rotei-guchi (donkey hoof mouth)　驢蹄口

    • Daikai “big ocean”　大海

    • dai(nai)kai “inner sea”　内海

  • Though all in Japanese, this page includes a chart of many different chaire shapes.

    lids　蓋 turned ivory with tiny knobs on top; many varieties

    hikiya- turned hardwood case for protecting chaire; chaire accidentally fit into early natsume-shaped lacquer tea containers (not other way around)

    trays　盆 older pieces may have trays used with them to raise their status because really “good” pieces e.g. but not limited to karamono, should not go on the floor. Trays may be either karamono themselves or made in Japan. Once made into a set, the same one is always used, kept with the chaire in its box. There are square, round, flower / lobed (traditional), diamond, five sided (new, Japanese) shapes; decoration ranges from pure black lacquer, red, black and green Wakasa lacquer, carved black (tsui-koku　堆黒) and cinnabar (tsui-shu　堆朱), shell inlay, and colored lacquer designs. There are also lacquer, plain wood and leather trays. They should have their own boxes and hakogaki but stay with the chaire in its larger box.

    Wamono chaire　和物

    • Seto　瀬戸- karamono copies give way to greater self expression,
      • Rikyu Seto; Chuhkoh Meibutsu　中興名物, Oribe Seto, etc
    • Bizen　備前
    • Shigaraki　　信楽
    • Takatori　高取
    • Agano　上野
    • Zeze　膳所
    • Tanba　丹波

    Natsume　棗, other lacquer thick tea containers Shinnuri　真塗, tamenuri　溜塗, ikkan　一貫張, oritame (“folded wood”) Oh, chu, sho, ippuku natsume; konomi’ed koicha containersÅF e.g. Kotaro, Oimatsu

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