Shino tea bowl called 'Naranoha'. Black Seto tea bowl called 'Oharame'. Oribe tea bowl. We have initiated the program to operate as a new type of museum. The visitors are allowed to touch the work instead of viewing it only across the display case.
Tea bowls are symbolically microcosm inside the palm.
When holding a tea bowl in the hand, one can directly be exposed to its delicate form, glaze and clay texture, volume and weight, foot finish, space inside the bowl, general tactile feeling to it. A world, which has never been discovered by looking at it across the showcase, will emerge. In our tea room, visitors will be free to touch tea bowls by Raku generations to appreciate them more. A museum curator will give some talk. This program is held on first Saturday and Sunday every month.