Kiyomizu Rokubei (1738-1799) Antique pottery tea bowl #4429

- width: approx. 14cm (5 33⁄64in) 

- height: approx. 8cm (3 5⁄32in)

- weight: 344g (w/ box 708g)

- condition: small damaged

As a child, he went to Kyoto to learn pottery making from a Kyoto potter, Ebihara Kiyobei, and opened his own kiln near Kenninji Temple on Gojozaka.
He became a frequent guest at the Myohoin Palace, where he produced Oniwa-ware, and also befriended leading literati and painters of the time, such as Ueda Akinari, Tanomura Chikuden, Maruyama Okyo, and Matsumura Goshun, with whom he collaborated on some of his works. He often produced tea ceremony utensils, such as black raku bowls from the Myohoin Palace garden, as well as sencha ware, which was popular at the time.