Know Your Chawan: A Guide to the Famous Matcha Bowl Styles – Tezumi

The bowl where it all happens: the chawan (茶碗 - tea bowl) is one of tea’s most iconic utensils and exists in near endless variety. As we’ve discussed in our post ‘What makes a Bowl a Chawan’, any bowl of the right size or shape can be a chawan if you use it to make tea. In fact, many of the bowls used by famous practit
The bowl where it all happens: the chawan (茶碗 - tea bowl) is one of tea’s most iconic utensils and exists in near endless variety. Here, we’ll take a look at some of the major ‘styles’ of chawan, exploring both historical and modern examples.

This Kyo-yaki chawan (matcha bowl) is decorated with a weeping cherry blossom tree (しだれ桜 - shidarezakura) with gold and red petals, draped over a

Japanese Matcha Bowl - 宮地英香 Eikō Miyaji - Shidarezakura Weeping Cherry Blossoms Kyo-yaki Chawan - 300ml

Reasonable Elegance Japanese Ceramic Glossy Pink Matcha Bowl Macha Tea Whisk Chawan, pink matcha set

Acka original over ami one-piece

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Know Your Chawan: A Guide to the Famous Matcha Bowl Styles – Tezumi

Japanese Matcha Bowl - 菅原顕悟 Kengo Sugawara - Kohiki Pouring Chawan - 1 – Tezumi

Acka original over ami one-piece

Japanese Matcha Bowl - Beige White Glazed Hagi Ido Chawan - 450ml – Tezumi

This exquisite Korean inlaid celadon chawan (tea bowl) is made in the style of bowls from Goryeo dynasty, with a wide conical shape. Underneath the

Korean Matcha Bowl - 황렌제/黄仁哲 Hwang Ren-je - Unkaku Green Celadon Chawan - 150ml

Know Your Chawan: A Guide to the Famous Matcha Bowl Styles – Tezumi

Japanese Matcha Bowl - Korean-Style Green Celadon Crackle Glazed Chawa – Tezumi

This kutsu-gata Kuro-Oribe chawan was designed and produced as a collaboration between Tezumi and Hiroshige Katō of Kasen Kiln. Inspired by the shape

Japanese Matcha Bowl - 加藤裕重 Hiroshige Katō - Kutsu-gata Kuro-Oribe Chawan - 250ml