Goshomaru: Kabuki Zeitgeist in Tea Bowls

Annegret Bergmann

《The Journal of Asian Arts & Aesthetics》 6期 (2020/05) Pp. 33-45

https://doi.org/10.6280/JAAA.202005_(6).0004

摘要

The Momoyama period was one of the most international and innovative times in Japanese art and culture and the use of imported Korean tea bowls (kōrai chawan) in the tea ceremony chanoyu, the most valued social as well as ritual appreciation of art during that time, was well established. Against this background of internationalism and crave for things overseas, Korean tea bowls triggered a change in the appreciation of tea utensils in the tea ceremony on the one hand, and on the other they were agents of transcultural manifestations themselves and highly valued by those in military, political, or economic power. This article deals with Goshomaru tea bowls that were ordered in Japan and made in Korea during the turn of the centuries-during a time, when official connections between the two countries had been cut off. The scarce sources on these bowls leave them a mystery that will be approached by looking at the development of the chanoyu during the 16th and 17th century and its historical narrative that emphasizes the genealogy of tea masters and the categorizing of utensils. Their design is closely connected to one of the leading figures in the chanoyu of the time, Furuta Oribe (1544-1615), whose name today is used for a whole category of pottery, Oribe yaki, that was later mass-produced in Mino kilns, Aichi Prefecture. The possible connection between the Goshomaru bowls and this innovative tea practitioner show that the aesthetics of these bowls are a product of the Momoyama zeitgeist.

關鍵字

Kōrai chawan ； Goshomaru ； Furuta Oribe ； tea ceremony ； kabuki zeitgeist ； Momoyama culture