Geiko Fukune with her tea bowl from the Waraku Klin

Geiko Fukune with her tea bowl from the Waraku KlinNashinoki Shrine, Kyoto, 2020Archival pigment print on photo ragGeiko Fukune is holding a tea bowl with Japanese maple leaf (momiji) design. It was made by Kawasaki Waraku, 7th-generation grandmaster of the Waraku kiln. Waraku kiln has been producing raku wares in Kyoto since the late Edo period. The term raku comes from the site where clay was dug from in Kyoto in the late 16th century. It uses a similar Kanji character 楽 to the one that means "enjoyment". Raku ware marked an important point in the historical development of Japanese ceramics. It was the first type to use a seal mark and the first to focus on close collaboration between potter and patron.

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