Rengetsu ware

Rengetsu ware (蓮月焼, Rengetsu-yaki) is a type of Japanese pottery that was made by the Buddhist nun Ōtagaki Rengetsu (1791–1875).

She was a prolific poet and calligrapher, but also an artisan. She created a number of vessels for sencha and chanoyu tea drinking traditions.^[1] She also created a large number of sake vessels such as tokuri flasks and guinomi cups.^[2] She adorned her ceramics with poems written in her calligraphic style.

Her style of ware was continued even after her death and a traditional center of production was in Okazaki, Kyoto.

• Meher McArthur, The Sake Wares of Otagaki Rengetsu, Black Robe White Mist, p. 77.

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• http://morikami.org/otagaki-rengetsu-lotus-moon/
• http://www.kyoto-u.ac.jp/maibun/nf/artifact-nf3.html#kinsei3

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