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Black tea pot (kurojoka), Black Satsuma Ware

Ariyama Reiseki

Kyoto Women's University, Lifestyle Design Laboratory

Kyoto Women's University, Lifestyle Design Laboratory
Kyōto-shi, Japan

The most representative black Satsuma is the choka, meaning earthen teapot in Kagoshima dialect. The word is usually represented by the Chinese characters 茶家, but sometimes also千代香 or 猪牙. A well-known type today is the black chaka, a stylish shōchū (distilled liquor) warmer, which is mainly designed with a wide body that resembles the beads on an abacus. This shape, however, originated in the Shōwa period, and during the Edo period it was common to make the body round.

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  • Title: Black tea pot (kurojoka), Black Satsuma Ware
  • Creator: Ariyama Reiseki
  • Location: Ibusuki Tyotaro gama
  • Type: Ceramic, Stoneware
  • Rights: © Ariyama Reiseki
Kyoto Women's University, Lifestyle Design Laboratory

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