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| − | *''Japanese'': 新田 ''(Nitta)'' | + | *''Japanese'': [[新田]] ''(Nitta)'' |
''Nitta'' is a ceramic tea caddy (''chaire'') made in [[Southern Song Dynasty]] China, and later owned by [[Murata Shuko|Murata Shukô]], [[Miyoshi Masanaga]], [[Oda Nobunaga]], [[Otomo Sorin|Ôtomo Sôrin]], [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]], and [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]]. | ''Nitta'' is a ceramic tea caddy (''chaire'') made in [[Southern Song Dynasty]] China, and later owned by [[Murata Shuko|Murata Shukô]], [[Miyoshi Masanaga]], [[Oda Nobunaga]], [[Otomo Sorin|Ôtomo Sôrin]], [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]], and [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]]. | ||
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The object is 8.6cm tall, and 7.9cm in diameter at its widest point. The top four-fifths of the vessel is covered in an iron-brown glaze which drips down on one side. | The object is 8.6cm tall, and 7.9cm in diameter at its widest point. The top four-fifths of the vessel is covered in an iron-brown glaze which drips down on one side. | ||
| − | [[Luis Frois]] records how Sôrin treasured the object, and parted with it only when under great political and economic pressure to do so. He sold it to Toyotomi Hideyoshi for 15,000 crowns<ref>According to Frois. It is unclear how much this was in Japanese denominations.</ref>. Tokugawa Ieyasu acquired ''Nitta'' after recovering it from [[Osaka Campaign|Osaka castle]], and having it repaired with lacquer. The object remains extant today. | + | [[Luis Frois]] records how Sôrin treasured the object, and parted with it in [[1585]] only when under great political and economic pressure to do so. He sold it to Toyotomi Hideyoshi for 15,000 crowns<ref>According to Frois. It is unclear how much this was in Japanese denominations.</ref>. Tokugawa Ieyasu acquired ''Nitta'' after recovering it from [[Osaka Campaign|Osaka castle]], and having it repaired with lacquer. The object remains extant today. |
==References== | ==References== | ||
Latest revision as of 17:22, 6 January 2013
- Japanese: 新田 (Nitta)
Nitta is a ceramic tea caddy (chaire) made in Southern Song Dynasty China, and later owned by Murata Shukô, Miyoshi Masanaga, Oda Nobunaga, Ôtomo Sôrin, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and Tokugawa Ieyasu.
The object is 8.6cm tall, and 7.9cm in diameter at its widest point. The top four-fifths of the vessel is covered in an iron-brown glaze which drips down on one side.
Luis Frois records how Sôrin treasured the object, and parted with it in 1585 only when under great political and economic pressure to do so. He sold it to Toyotomi Hideyoshi for 15,000 crowns[1]. Tokugawa Ieyasu acquired Nitta after recovering it from Osaka castle, and having it repaired with lacquer. The object remains extant today.
References
- Morgan Pitelka. "Art, Agency, and Networks in the Career of Tokugawa Ieyasu." in A Companion to Asian Art and Architecture. Wiley-Blackwell, 2011, 459.
- ↑ According to Frois. It is unclear how much this was in Japanese denominations.
