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Double-cut (Nijū-giri) Flower Container (Hanaire), named Cool Summer Morning (Shinryō)

early 17th century
Not on view
Cut from a single piece of bamboo, this double-windowed flower holder (hanaire) was created for the tea ceremony by Kōgetsu Sōgan, who mentions making it in his accompanying letter, now mounted as a hanging scroll. The son of Tsuda Sōgyū (died 1591), one of the San Sōshō (Three Greatest Tea Masters), Sōgan became a Zen monk of the Rinzai sect as well as the 156th head abbot of the Daitokuji Temple in Kyoto. In 1612 he built the famous Kohōan, a subtemple of Daitokuji, with the noted feudal lord, architect, garden designer, and tea master Kobori Enshū (1579–1647).

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Object Information
  • 江月宗玩作　二重切竹花入「晨涼」
  • Title: Double-cut (Nijū-giri) Flower Container (Hanaire), named Cool Summer Morning (Shinryō)
  • Artist: Kōgetsu Sōgan (Japanese, 1574–1643)
  • Period: Momoyama (1573–1615)–Edo period (1615–1868)
  • Date: early 17th century
  • Culture: Japan
  • Medium: Bamboo, lacquer, gold
  • Dimensions: Flower container: H. 16 7/8 in. (42.9 cm); Diam. 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm)
    Image (calligraphy): 11 1/8 × 17 15/16 in. (28.3 × 45.6 cm)
    Overall with mounting (calligraphy): 43 5/8 × 20 in. (110.8 × 50.8 cm)
    Overall with knobs (calligraphy): 43 5/8 × 22 1/4 in. (110.8 × 56.5 cm)
  • Classification: Bamboo
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Diane and Arthur Abbey Gift, 2019
  • Object Number: 2019.571a, b
  • Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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