{"product_id":"raku-a-living-tradition-sixteen-generations-of-japanese-tea-bowl-makers","title":"RAKU -A Living Tradition: Sixteen generations of Japanese tea bowl makers","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eSixteen generations, one family, one form of tea bowl.\u003cbr\u003eMore than 450 years of Raku, gathered quietly into one volume.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e“16世代がつなぐ茶碗の美”: the beauty of the tea bowl, carried across sixteen generations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eIt began with a meeting between the tea master Sen no Rikyū and the potter Chōjirō. Since then, each generation of the Raku family has made bowls for tea. Each one has carried the tradition forward while answering to the sensibility of its own time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThis book brings together around 200 representative works, from Chōjirō, the first generation, to the sixteenth Raku Kichizaemon. Seen side by side, the bowls show both continuity and change: the same family and the same purpose, yet each generation finding its own beauty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe fifteenth generation, Raku Jikinyū, opens with an overview essay. It is followed by commentary on each generation and notes on individual works. The book was compiled under the supervision of the Raku Museum.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eA book to return to slowly. It is for those who prepare tea, those who make, and anyone who has held a chawan and wondered about the hands behind it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDetails\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSeigensha Art Publishing, Kyoto\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAuthors: Raku Jikinyū, Raku Kichizaemon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSupervised by the Raku Museum\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEnglish only\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e348 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSoftcover, B5 variant\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simply Native","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67722883727459,"sku":null,"price":78.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/6150\/9219\/files\/978-4-86152-990-0_1.jpg?v=1792126604","url":"https:\/\/simplynativejapan.com.au\/en-int\/products\/raku-a-living-tradition-sixteen-generations-of-japanese-tea-bowl-makers","provider":"Simply Native","version":"1.0","type":"link"}