Fred Parker on sat 17 mar 07
Can someone explain the difference between "yunomi" and "gyunoni?"
Many thanks,
Fred Parker
Hank Murrow on sat 17 mar 07
On Mar 17, 2007, at 9:13 AM, Fred Parker wrote:
> Can someone explain the difference between "yunomi" and "gyunoni?"
Dear fred, While I am sure that Lee will weigh in on this query, I
believe that yunome refers to a handle-less cup with mostly vertical
sides that is used for informal(brewed not whisked) green tea. Guinome
are nearly as revered as chawan in Japan, and if you visit a potter you
are likely to receive one as a parting gift. They are very small, just
ideal for a shot of warm or chilled Sake.
I received some dozen or so on last summer's trip to Japan. When I have
company, i serve chilled sake in them, rinsing them and playing musical
guinome with my guests.
Cheers, Hank
www.murrow.biz/hank
Vince Pitelka on sat 17 mar 07
Fred Parker asked:
> Can someone explain the difference between "yunomi" and "gyunoni?"
Fred -
The first is a tea cup, the second is a saki cup. If you need to find other
definitions, please consult my son Morgan's glossary of Japanese ceramics
terminology at the Ceramics Today website at
http://www.ceramicstoday.com/articles/japanese_terminology.htm
- Vince
Vince Pitelka
Appalachian Center for Craft, Tennessee Technological University
Smithville TN 37166, 615/597-6801 x111
vpitelka@dtccom.net, wpitelka@tntech.edu
http://iweb.tntech.edu/wpitelka/
http://www.tntech.edu/craftcenter/
Lee Love on sun 18 mar 07
On 3/18/07, Fred Parker wrote:
> Can someone explain the difference between "yunomi" and "gyunoni?"
Yunomi are utilitarian cups, usually a taller than they are wide.
Yunomi literally means: "Drinking Hot Water". If they are shorter,
they are probably banchawan. Banchawan are also used for casual
matcha (whisked tea) drinking, as are commonn ricebowls.
Guinomi are one of the names for sake (rice wine) cup. They are
also known as Ochoko, and sakazuki. Ochoko usually being tiny cups.
I collect ochoko that were given as gifts from soldiers to people at
"seeing off" parties. Senchawan are for sencha or expensive tea
(related to Kung-fu tea), but they are a similar size as guinomi.
See some shapes of guninomi here:
http://www.esake.com/guinomi.HTM
Both of these shows are a little confusing in what they call a bowl or
a cup, etc, but you can see "world culture" and expressions of yunomi
and chawan:
http://www.akardesign.com/shows/
http://www.oakwoodceramics.co.uk/TotallyTeabowlsOriginal.htm
--
Lee in Mashiko, Japan
Minneapolis, Minnesota USA
http://potters.blogspot.com/
"To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts." -
Henry David Thoreau
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Hank Murrow on tue 27 mar 07
On Mar 19, 2007, at 6:48 PM, Fred Parker wrote:
> Thanks, Hank. So the gyunoni is smaller? ALso, are the near-vertical
> sides a specific characteristic of the yunomi, compared, say to the
> more
> rice-bowl shape with curving sides?
Dear Fred;
I was being much too restrictive in my delineation of the differences.
Yunome can be just about any shape, and hold around one normal cup of
brewed tea. The ones made around Mashiko seem to be the more vertical
type, and that is what I learned from Hamada. Around the rest of Japan,
they vary a lot. I received or purchased some 7 or 8 while traveling in
Japan. So far, Lee's and Kamiya's have been faves in Eugene.
Chawan are generally larger, reflecting the necessity of accommodating
the whisk. They too, can be a great variety of shape..... just larger,
and perhaps a more personal expression of the potter's heart. Hamada
made them when he had company visiting the studio, as he might be
distracted somewhat, Mind being in conversation with the visitor whilst
working....... Heart being fully engaged. I hope one day to own one of
Shigemasa Higashida's shino chawan. Thought his the loveliest I
handled. I will post a pic to the Claycraft photoblog.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/claycraft/
Guinome are smallest, and the ones I have in my collection range from
'mini-yunome' to hand-carved from a lump of clay, irregular, squashed,
etc. I think the idea of chawan and guinome is that it should somehow
suggest drinking from a hollowed rock, complete with moss and/or
lichen! They seem to be considered (apart from Chawan) to reveal the
potters soul. Therefore, being small and choice, they are the gift of
choice to visiting potters and collectors. I received some dozen while
traveling last Summer in Japan. I am real glad that we have good sake
producers in Oregon! It's the water. So delicious in the Summer when
thoroughly chilled. In his Tea 'Hut' in Tokyo, Koichi Okamoto served us
sake from a glass pitcher which had a porcelain insert for ice, so the
sake was chilled but not diluted. Delicious! I love to put out many
guinome for guests to pick from..... so revealing. Same drill for
yunome. With chawan, I tend to pick for my guest(s) myself.
Cheers, Hank
www.murrow.biz/hank
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