【About Old Iga Ware】 In 1608, the 12th year of Tensho, when the tea ceremony flourished, Sadatsugu Tsutsui, who became the lord of Iga, collaborated with the warrior tea master Furuta Oribe, with whom he had connections, to begin firing tea ceramics in Iga ware. The kilns were located within Ueno Castle as an "O-niwa-yaki" (garden kiln), including the Saikoji kiln on Mt. Maki and the Doya kiln in Marubashira. The style of these works was bold and powerful, with a unique aesthetic sense, and was praised as Oribe's preference. Production continued even after Takatora Todo became the lord of the Iga domain in 1608. Those made during the time of Sadatsugu Tsutsui are sometimes called "Tsutsui Iga," and those from the time of Takatora Todo are called "Todo Iga," etc. The tea utensils made during the Momoyama period to the early Edo period are now called "Old Iga (Ko-Iga)." Overall, there is some wear and tear due to age, but there are no noticeable major damages, and the condition is generally good. (There are repairs, but for old works, it is rather unnatural if there is no deterioration over time.) However, please note that the condition of the product may be based on subjective judgment, so please check the images provided and make your purchase with your understanding. Size: Height: Approximately 15.5 cm. Width: Approximately 15.5 cm. (Search words, related to tea ceremony) Hidetake Ando Kura Suzuki Toyozo Arakawa Tokuro Kato Goro Suzuki Yu Nishioka Goro Kawamoto Kenji Hara Taroemon Nakazato Naoto Yano Shintaro Uchimura Omotesenke, Urasenke, Mushakoji-senke, Senke Jisshoku Shoji Hamada, Rosanjin Kitaoji Kenki Tomimoto, Kanjiro Kawai Living National Treasure Ko-Shino Kichizaemon Raku Kozo Kato Old Iga Yu Nishioka Goro Suzuki Habutai (broken bag) Kiyoaki Tsuji Shiro Tsujimura Toyo Kaneshige Jun Isezaki Ko-Imari Kohei Nakamura Mino ware Oribe Ki-Seto Seto-guro Nezumi-Shino Nezumi-Shino Old pottery Old ceramics Shimpei Mawatari Katsunori Sawa Kiyotsugu Sawa Antique Yukiko Yamada Bernard Leach Antique Vintage Toki Mizunami Tajimi Kani Toyozo Arakawa Tokuro Kato Rosanjin Kitaoji Kozo Kato Kura Kato Ko-Karatsu Ware-kodai (cracked foot) Ko-Hagi Mu-an Nakazato Taroemon Nakazato Ko-Imari Manji Inoue Imaemon Genemon Kakiemon Porcelain arita1616 Kyusetsu Miwa Kenki Tomimoto Ido chawan (Ido tea bowl) Koryo (Goryeo) Fujio Oyama Shogo Ikeda Raku Oni-Hagi Ri-cho (Joseon Dynasty) Koreya Izumida Sosei chawan (layered tea bowl) Kazu Yamada Yu Nishioka Makoto Yamaguchi Shiro Tsujimura Ryotaro Kato Ichiro Hori Yakumo Murakami Ken Mihara Shin Gaku Shigetoshi Nakazato Koju Nishioka Shimpei Mawatari Tatsuzo Shimaoka Chosen Kotoki (Korean old ceramics) Aido Shin Gaku Kiyotsugu Sawa Katsunori Sawa Kiyoaki Tsuji