Chinese tea bowl - Karamono jawan

Japanese: 唐物茶碗 - からものじゃわん
Chinese tea bowl - Karamono jawan

…These high-quality bowls were mainly used by aristocrats, samurai, powerful families, and temples, and many bowls have been excavated from medieval castle ruins and major ports. Since the custom of drinking tea was introduced to Japan, ceramics imported from China, such as celadon, white porcelain, and Tenmoku, were used for tea bowls until the late Muromachi period. In the world of tea ceremony centered around the Ashikaga Shogunate, these Chinese bowls were ranked according to the aesthetic sense of the time, and were recorded in the Kundaikansocho-ki. …

*Some of the terminology used to refer to "Karamono tea bowls" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…こうした高級な器は貴族や武家,豪族,寺院などでおもに使われていたらしく,中世の城館趾や代表的な港からは数多くの碗類が出土している。 喫茶の茶碗としては,喫茶の習慣が日本に伝わって以来,室町時代後期までは青磁,白磁,天目(てんもく)など,やはり中国から請来された陶磁器,すなわち唐物(からもの)茶碗が用いられていた。足利将軍家を中心とする茶の湯の世界では,こうした唐物茶碗を当時の美意識によって位付けし,《君台観左右帳記(くんだいかんそうちようき)》に記している。…

※「唐物茶碗」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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