Shawan, Tsutsuizutsu-shaped Tea Bowl And Its Box, Signed Asami Gosho, Heisei Period 1990,

A Shawan (also Chawan), Japanese, signed under the pedestal by Asami Gosho, Japan, in perfect condition.
High quality, crackled, kyo ware designed with hakeme style, long thin brush mark.
Summer tea bowl enamelled in blue, blue gray and brown in the shape of "Ttsutsuizutsu" intended for the "sencha" green tea ceremony Heisei period, circa 1990.
The Heisei period 1889 - 2019 Tea bowl, signed and identified with its certificate in Japanese calligraphy with a brush on rice paper and with its original box (tomobako) calligraphy.
From a rough base to a small supporting pedestal for the bowl, a blue and gray icing surprisingly harsh and soft.
By irregular shapes, color density and softness of shapes, they evoke in Japan, "the cult of imperfection", symbol of poverty of the tea ceremony. Shaped "Ttsutsuizutsu", this type of bowl embodies the spirit of communion of the ceremony, because it passed from hand to hand.
Rikyü, master of the tea ceremony under the regency of Hideyoshi, and the various emperors, praised the beauty of these forms: Shunkan, Yuteki-Temmoku, Muichibutsu, Tsutsuizutsu, Haku-Temmoku and Ichimonji.
It was the master potter Chojiro who developed the enamelling technique, Raku, and he shaped by hand these six types of bowls (listed above) still used and manufactured today.
Cracked and cracked enamel utilitarian designs were intended for rustic teahouses.
Glossy characters like our model, matched the character of palace ceremonies.
Dimensions: height: 8 cm. high and 12.5 cm in diameter.
The base, the foot ring are unglazed, the underside bears the mark of the seal of the artist in impression.
Imported from China, tea in Japan and its ceremony in the 16th century gave rise to real cults and rites.
It is still today a specific institution in Japan. Object in excellent condition.
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## The Heisei era (平成時代, Heisei jidai, “era of achieving peace”) is a Japanese era. It began on January 8, 1989, with the start of Emperor Akiito's reign the day after the death of his father and predecessor Emperor Hiroito.
Thus, 2018 corresponds to the year 30 (2018-1989+1) of the Heisei era.
It succeeded the Showa era and precedes the Reiwa era, which begins in 2019 with the abdication of Akihito on May 1, 2019.