Size: 14.7 x 9.5cmH, Weight: 501g, With bookmark, [Lake Biwa] About Lake Biwa, [Zeze Ware] One of the Enshu Seven Kilns, Its most distinctive feature is the blackish iron glaze, embodying "refined simplicity." Under the guidance of Kobori Enshu in the early Tokugawa period, they began to fire tea utensils, but production ceased in the mid-Edo period to the Tenmei era. It was revived and continued until Meiji 11 (1878) when the kiln was closed. In Taisho 8 (1919), Kenzo Iwasaki, in collaboration with the painter Shunkyo Yamamoto, revived the tradition, which continues to this day.