• Saturday January 24th, 2015

Event

Special Exhibition|350th Anniversary of the Birth of Raku Sônyû　Revisiting the Roots of Raku, Raku Sonyu V and Donyu III, Ichinyu IV, Ryonyu IX, Kichizaemon XV
December 10, 2014(Wed) – 1 March, 2015(Sun)
Admission: Adults ¥900
Student Concessions: university ¥700 high school ¥400
Under junior high free admission
http://www.raku-yaki.or.jp/e/museum/exhibition/index.html

Venue

　
Raku Museum
http://www.raku-yaki.or.jp/e/
Access: 84 Aburanokôji Nakadachi-uri agaru, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto,
602-0923, Japan　
Tel: 075-414-0304
Hours: 10：00 ~ 16：30
（entry up to 30 minutes before closing.）
Closed: Monday (Open: if the Monday is a national holiday)

Description

This year celebrates the 350th anniversary of the birth of Raku Sônyû V.
The fifth generation Sônyû was born a son of Kariganeya Ogata San’emon, a prosperous textile merchant in Kyoto whose trade name was Kariganeya, and became an adopted son of Raku Ichinyû IV.
Sônyû is deeply attached to the works of Chôjirô considered them as his ideal, more than any other Raku generations did so. His black glaze, dry and matt, is called kase glaze, which resembles a sombre rusty iron texture. However his tea bowls were not mere copies of Chôjirô’s style. Instead his tea bowl manifests the individualistic interpretation of the aesthetics based on wabi taste with a faint suggestion of voluptuous charm hidden beneath the quiet and stoical form.
Sônyû, however, was not the only one that got inspired by Chôjirô. All the Raku generations developed their artistic manner and style with a deep observation upon the founder’s fundamentals. In such a sense there are 14 interpretations of Chôjirô’s work by his 14 descendants.
This exhibition, the second part of the special commemorative exhibition, highlights the works by four selected generations: the 3rd Dônyû, the 4th Ichinyû, the 9th Ryônyû and the 15th current Kichizaemon. A unique insight into their creative approaches unravels the core of Raku tradition handed over generations as well as their eyes upon Chôjirô’s essence in perspective of their making of Raku tea bowls.