Richard mahaffey on thu 16 jan 97
Dear Dave,
I have heard tea bowls refered to as Ochawan. Ocha is the word for tea.
I believe the "O" is the honorific form of cha. Wan means bowl, according
to my Japanese- English dictionary. The term Ochawan is also the term for
a rice bowl.
BTW I have talked to Fred Olsen, who was Tomimoto Kenkechi's last
apprentice (deshi in Japanese) say he does not make tea bowls, so what he
makes he calls Scotch cups. I asked why and he said that he did not know
enough about tea ceremony to make tea bowls, and that there was a whole
bunch of cultural information that would take a very long time to acquire.
I discussed the making of tea bowls with a Japanese potter and he showed
mea book on Tea ceremony ware. It covered all the pots made of tea
ceremony, with several pages in Kanji refering to one tea bowl shape just
dealing with size and realtionship parameters. It also went into which
glazes were used with which type of shapes. It was out of print and very
rare he said.
Pete Volkos (no flames, please) :^) said,in Seattle as I remember,that
a tea bowl
contained a whole universe in a small pot that you can hold in your hand.
It may have been the best discription of the task fo making a good tea
bowl.
He also said that was too big a job for him. If that was true it
certainly is REALLY true for me too!
Still trying to make good Scotch cups after 28 years.
Rick Mahaffey
Tacoma community College
Tacoma, WA, U.S.A.
Don Sanami on fri 17 jan 97
Richard, Nothing prevents anyone from beginning an entire new tradition
of "Tea".In Japane alone,there must be more than 20 schools devoted to
tea. If I recall correctly, the entire city of Kyoto was once involed in
an invitational Tea Ceremony. One of the most beautiful tea-bowls I
saw,was used as a dog-bowl at Myo-shin-ji temple when I taught at
Hanazono College,Kyoto. don morrill.On Thu, 16 Jan 1997, Richard mahaffey
wrote:
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> Dear Dave,
>
> I have heard tea bowls refered to as Ochawan. Ocha is the word for tea.
> I believe the "O" is the honorific form of cha. Wan means bowl, according
> to my Japanese- English dictionary. The term Ochawan is also the term for
> a rice bowl.
> BTW I have talked to Fred Olsen, who was Tomimoto Kenkechi's last
> apprentice (deshi in Japanese) say he does not make tea bowls, so what he
> makes he calls Scotch cups. I asked why and he said that he did not know
> enough about tea ceremony to make tea bowls, and that there was a whole
> bunch of cultural information that would take a very long time to acquire.
> I discussed the making of tea bowls with a Japanese potter and he showed
> mea book on Tea ceremony ware. It covered all the pots made of tea
> ceremony, with several pages in Kanji refering to one tea bowl shape just
> dealing with size and realtionship parameters. It also went into which
> glazes were used with which type of shapes. It was out of print and very
> rare he said.
>
> Pete Volkos (no flames, please) :^) said,in Seattle as I remember,that
> a tea bowl
> contained a whole universe in a small pot that you can hold in your hand.
> It may have been the best discription of the task fo making a good tea
> bowl.
> He also said that was too big a job for him. If that was true it
> certainly is REALLY true for me too!
>
> Still trying to make good Scotch cups after 28 years.
>
> Rick Mahaffey
> Tacoma community College
> Tacoma, WA, U.S.A.
>
Akita-jin \"Lee Love\" on sat 18 jan 97
On Fri, 17 Jan 1997 09:36:28 EST Don Sanami
writes:
> Richard, Nothing prevents anyone from beginning an entire new
>tradition
>of "Tea".In Japane alone,there must be more than 20 schools devoted to
>tea. If I recall correctly, the entire city of Kyoto was once involed
>in
>an invitational Tea Ceremony. One of the most beautiful tea-bowls I
>saw,was used as a dog-bowl at Myo-shin-ji temple when I taught at
>Hanazono College,Kyoto.
Don,
Some of the most precious tea bowls started out as Korean rice
bowls. One attitude might be to try and get really good at rice bowls
and then hope an occassional tea bowl with come out of it.
I use my tea bowls and those made by friends for my morning
coffee. You could say I use them as Cafe Latte bowls. (French Latte
bowls look a lot like rice bowls. I prefer the winter tea bowl for coffee
because it does not spill or tip over as easily.) I like my coffee
strong, with milk in it.
Lee
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