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

Kōgetsu Sōgan Japanese

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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).

Double-cut (Nijū-giri) Flower Container (Hanaire), named Cool Summer Morning (Shinryō), Kōgetsu Sōgan (Japanese, 1574–1643), Bamboo, lacquer, gold, Japan

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Double-cut (Nijū-giri) Flower Container (Hanaire), named Cool Summer Morning (Shinryō), Kōgetsu Sōgan (Japanese, 1574–1643), Bamboo, lacquer, gold, Japan
Double-cut (Nijū-giri) Flower Container (Hanaire), named Cool Summer Morning (Shinryō), Kōgetsu Sōgan (Japanese, 1574–1643), Bamboo, lacquer, gold, Japan
Double-cut (Nijū-giri) Flower Container (Hanaire), named Cool Summer Morning (Shinryō), Kōgetsu Sōgan (Japanese, 1574–1643), Bamboo, lacquer, gold, Japan
Double-cut (Nijū-giri) Flower Container (Hanaire), named Cool Summer Morning (Shinryō), Kōgetsu Sōgan (Japanese, 1574–1643), Bamboo, lacquer, gold, Japan

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