Hank Murrow on sun 23 mar 03
Begin forwarded message:
> From: Hank Murrow
> Date: Sun Mar 23, 2003 6:27:10 AM America/Los_Angeles
> To: rickmahaffey@attbi.com
> Subject: Re: White Temmoku
>
>
> On Saturday, March 22, 2003, at 10:19 PM, Rick Mahaffey wrote:
>> I agree that few things are sacred, but if we miss-name things we will
>> not be able to communicate and be doomed miss-understanding
>> everything.
>>
>> By the way, I have seen a White Temmoku glaze in Japan. As I
>> mentioned
>> Temmoku is a shape as well as a glaze. The shape is the bowl that the
>> Chinese Temmoku glazes were originally put on. It is that conical
>> rice
>> bowl shape of the peasant ware that is so revered and prized by Tea
>> Masters. I was told this by a potter who apprenticed to Shimizu Uichi
>> and was Shimizu's personal apprentice.
>>
> I will add one thing to this from Rick. My teacher, David Stannard,
> told me that those bowls (Both white and oilspot-black) came from a
> monastic center in the mountains of Fukien, just inland of the coast
> of China,which he has visited. There are two lakes near the summit and
> the whole complex was referred to as Tenmoku, or 'eyes of heaven.'
> David said that when hiking near the summits, these lakes really do
> reflect the heavens and justify their ancient name. When these monks
> travelled to Japan to bring their religion, they also brought their
> lovely bowls. The white 'tenmoku' bowls became the model for the first
> white glaze in Japan.......Shino. While the dark ones were soon copied
> and became tenmoku bowls.......with their former identity forgotten.
>
> Is this not wonderful? The thread continues.............
>
> Hank in Eugene
>
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