Kuroraku (black raku) Matcha Chawan (Tea Bowl) by Yoshimura Rakunyu II; Thiel Collection

Kuroraku (black raku) Matcha Chawan (Tea Bowl) by Yoshimura Rakunyu II. Vintage. The Yoshimura family has been making ceramics in Kyoto since the early part of the 20th C. Rakunyu I was Jinshiro, and his son Toshio (born in 1929) became Rakunyu II, whose stamp matches that of this bowl. He also became president of the Kyoto Raku Ware Association in 1985. His son, Shigeo (born in 1959) became Yoshimura Rakunyu III in 2004. The family still specializes in wares for Chanoyu (the Tea Ceremony). H. 3"(7.5cm) x DIA. 4.375"(11cm). 277 grams.   The Thiel Family has graciously allowed me to select a number of items from their parents’ extensive private collection of Japanese and Japanese-inspired crafts to offer here. We are offering them at great values so that they may find new loving homes, and ALL profits are being donated to Midori-sensei’s long-term care fund. Below is some brief information on Philip Thiel and Midori Kono Thiel. Philip Thiel and Midori Kono Thiel were a decades-long dy