Abstract

This study is about the Tsushima Soke document at the beginning of the 18th century, the latter half of the Busan kiln, focused on the tea utensils order form, o-aturae-mono-hikae. It was examined from a sample on the requirements for the equipment of the orderers from Japan. The orderers were influential people in Japan, including painters, members of shogun's councilor, tea utensils dealers, daimyo, Buddhist priests, gardeners, tea ceremony, and temple and shrine magistrates. The contents of the order were detailed and complicated. The ability of Joseon potters who could meet such difficult orders reached a respectable standard. The order volume of the equipment ranged from 1 to 100 units carried by ship. Therefore, Joseon potters always made more quantities and sent to Japan. There were various ordered items, such as bowls, pots, water pitchers, water jars, sake cups, sake bottles, vases, kettles, braziers, incense burners, and plates, and the dimensions varied from large tea utensils to small lids. They requested various orders of elegant colors, such as cylindrical tea bowls, stackable tea bowls, table incense burners, sleeve incense burners, ash bowl solders, and clay pots. This study considers the custom-made ceramics made at the Busan Waegwan in the latter half of the Joseon Dynasty, based on the Soke's document, oaturaemonohikae, and explores the production process of the ‘gohon’ tea utensils’ that were born in the collaboration of Japanese connoisseurs and Joseon potter's techniques. The tea utensils are different from the natural beauty of Korea. The patterns and shapes are closely related to the Samurai tea ceremony that was popular at that time, and they were standardized.

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