Katada Katatsuki
堅田肩衝
Rank
Chaire Type
Historical Period
Current Owner / Collection
Denrai
Chukomeibutsu 中興名物
Karamono katatsuki chaire 唐物肩衝茶入
Yuan Dynasty 元時代
The Kosetsu Museum of Art 香雪美術館
Inuyamajo Naruse Hayatonosho 犬山城成瀬隼人正 – Murayama family 村山家 –The Kosetsu Museum of Art 香雪美術館
Origin of Name and Stories
Kobori Enshu 小堀遠州 named this chaire Katada because its original owner lived in a place called Katada. Enshu together with the priest Kogetsu Sogan 江月宗玩wrote the poems associated with the chaire on a scroll, which has since become an accompanying document for the chaire. A detailed history of this chaire is not known. It is written in the Yukimagusa 雪間草 that Naruse Hayatonosho of Inuyama Castle purchased this chaire for 6,000 ryo.
Physical Description
The Katada Katatsuki has a much more gentle form than Hatsuhana or Matsuya Katatsuki. This softer shape sets it apart from chaire of the kansaku classification, the oldest style of Chinese chaire. This chaire is made from very high quality clay and is light in the hand.
Height: 8.2 cm
Mouth diameter: 4.0 cm
Body diameter: 7.9 cm
Base diameter: 3.2 cm
Accompanying items
Lid
Shifuku
Five, ivory
Three (From left to right)
Shijira kanto 縬間道
Daito kinran 大燈金襴
Unryumon donsu 雲龍紋緞子
Hikiya
Box inscriptions
Kuronuri 黒塗, black lacquer with inscription堅田Katada in Kobori Enshu’s hand
Two
Inner box: 堅田肩衝 Katada Katatsuki in Kobori Enshu’s hand
Outer box: 堅田肩衝 Katada Katatsuki in Kobori Enshu’s hand
Accompanying documents
Soefuku 添幅, upon which poems by Enshu and Kogetsu Sogen are written
Research and Image Sources
Kosetsu Museum
Chadogu no sekai, volume 5 (Tankosha)
