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The current vase possibly arrived in The vase was in the collection of the Hachisuka family.
Japn circa 1600 One of its prominent member, Hachisuka Iemasa, was a devotee to tea ceremony,
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HACHISUKA IEMASA SEN NO RIKYU
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Image provided by Tokushima Castle QJE
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1600 1700

relationship with the most revered tea master Sen no Rikyu ɷл; (AD 1522-91).
A letter from Rikyu to a relative and wealthy merchant Watanabe Ritsuan ನ䣇ͭτ
asks that the latter deliver to Iemasa a tea kettle, which Rikyu has acquired at Iemasa’s
request. Ritsuan, who had accompanied Iemasa when the Hachisuka family first
entered Awa as the ruling clan, had also helped fund the construction of Tokushima
castle, and the Watanabe family continued to support the region, even to the extent
of issuing regional currency. Another letter, dated 1633, this time from Sen no
Rikyu’s grandson, Sen no Sotan ɷ͇֚ (AD 1578-1658), to his son, describes a tea
jar, bearing the name Kankyo ඛ֢, which had belonged to Rikyu before passing into
Iemasa’s possession. Indeed, Iemasa employed several of Sen no Rikyu’s disciples for
their political acumen as well as their expertise in tea culture, and it might be expected
that the Hachisuka family would have owned a number of important tea utensils over
the years.

The current vase is later believed to have been in the collection of Komuro Shinobu
ʃ܃ڦ˃ (1839-98). Born in Tokushima in 1839, Shinobu Komuro came from a
wealthy merchant family, but his interest in civil and military matters led him into
politics. He developed a strong opposition to the Tokugawa Shogunate ㄬʇ࿇ִ,
and with those of like mind, he expressed his opposition by pulling down several
wooden Ashikaga family images at the Toji-in ഃܵ৫ in Kyoto, which led to his
arrest in 1863. It is said that Hachisuka Mochiaki ໶඲൭߱ᗲ (1846 - 1918), the 14th
head of Hachisuka family as Tokushima (Awa) ruler, hired Komuro as a samurai of
Tokushima han (ㄬࢥᖴ) when he was released from prison.

After the Meiji Restoration ׼طၪอ in 1868 Shinobu Komuro was released and
appointed vice-governor. Following a tour of Europe and America in 1872, in 1874

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