Sasaki Shoraku 'Kangetsu' Winter Jawan vintage The promissory note and straw

The promissory note and straw hat are a relatively new addition making their appearance sometime around the beginning of the 1900s

Tamura Goro is a Hagi-ware potter born in Yamaguchi Prefecture

They are wheel-thrown and decorated with hand-painted flowers over a tan coloured background base

Total Height:  15

Their elegant blooms can be found in parks and gardens across Japan

Sasaki Shoraku 'Kangetsu' Winter Jawan vintage The promissory note and straw*SHIPPING OPTIONS VARY DEPENDING ON THE DESTINATION, PLEASE SCROLL TO THE END OF THIS LISTING FOR MORE DETAILS. This listing is for a kuro Raku tsutsu jawan made around 20 30 years ago by distinguished potter, Sasaki Shoraku III. Tsutsu jawan are winter tea bowls, their tall shape keeps the tea hotter for longer, flat hira chawan being the opposite and set aside for summer use. The label on the paper box reads as kangetsu (cold moon) which is in