Ohi Chozaemon IX (1901-1986)

A SET OF TWELVE EARTHENWARE TEA BOWLS (CHAWAN) FOR THE TWELVE MONTHS

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Ohi Chozaemon IX (1901-1986)
A set of twelve earthenware tea bowls (chawan) for the twelve months
Each signed on paper box cover Ohi Chozaemon or Ohi Chozaemon saku; each bowl impressed on the base or exterior with seal Ohi
Various sizes, approx. 4¼ to 6in. (10.2 to 15.2cm.) diameter

1st month. Paper box cover and box lid titled Matsu no e kurozutsu chawan (black tea bowl with pine design); box signed Kyudai Ohi Chozaemon (Ohi Chozaemon IX) and sealed Ohi
2nd month. Paper box cover and box lid titled Hatsu-uma chawan (tea bowl signifying the festival in the second month when the gods
visit Inari [fox] shrines); box signed Ohi Chozaemon and sealed Ohi
3rd month. Paper box cover and box lid titled Hina no e chawan (tea bowl with doll design); box signed Kyudai Ohi Chozaemon and sealed Ohi
4th month. paper box cover and box lid titled Hanashobu-e chawan (tea bowl with iris design); box signed Kyudai Ohi Chozaemon and sealed Ohi
5th month. Paper box cover and box lid titled Shino utsushi Yatsuhashi-e chawan (tea bowl with eight-fold bridge design after Shino ware); box signed Kyudai Ohi Chozaemon and sealed Ohi
6th month. Paper box cover titled Hakeme hirachawan (wide hakeme [brushed slip] tea bowl); box lid titled Hakeme hototogisu-e hirachawan (wide hakeme tea bowl with cuckoo design); paper box cover signed Ohi Chozaemon saku
7th month. Paper box cover and box lid titled Suzu no e hirachawan (wide tea bowl with hand bell design); box signed Kyudai Chozaemon and sealed Ohi
8th month. Paper box cover and box lid titled Kakewake nami no e kuro hirachawan (wide black tea bowl with split-design wave pattern); box signed Kyudai Chozaemon and sealed Ohi
9th month. Paper box cover and box lid titled Kiku-e chawan (tea bowl with chrysanthum design); box signed Kyudai Chozaemon and sealed Ohi
10th month. Paper box cover and box lid titled Shigure no e chawan (tea bowl with late-autumn shower design); box signed Kyudai Ohi Chozaemon and sealed Ohi
11th month. Paper box cover and box lid titled Tomaribune chawan (tea bowl with anchored boat design); box signed Kyudai Ohi Chozaemon and sealed Ohi
12th month. Paper box cover and box lid titled Sekka-e chawan (tea bowl with snowflake design); box signed Kyudai Ohi Chozaemon and sealed Ohi (12)

拍品专文

In 1666 a Raku ware kiln was established by Haji Chozaemon in Ohi Village near Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture. He took Ohi as the family name. Raku and Ohi wares are similar in that they are shaped and carved by hand and not thrown on a potter's wheel. They are, for the most part, tea bowls and predominantly red, black or yellow-brown.

Ohi Chozaemon IX was born in Kanazawa and worked in his father's studio after completing the ceramics course at Ishikawa Prefectural Industrial School. Studies in Zen Buddhism at Empukuji Temple in Kyoto may have influenced his work. His tea bowls are included in the collection of the Imperial Household.