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Bizen Yudasuki Mimitsuki Mizusashi (備前釉襷耳付水指)

This is a Bizen ware fresh water jar which Mori-san has created.
Teisai-san has named "yudasuki", a special technique which has never been produced.
He used the hand-forming skill when the body was shaped.

The pot of weight is more than 3.5 kilograms.
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Mizusashi (水指)
A fresh-water pot for tea ceremony.
It's one of the tea utensils called "o-chadougu".
It comes in a variety of shapes, cylindrical type is often used.

Comes with a lid.
Lid made of pottery : the same material as the main body called tomo-buta.
Lid made of urushi : a different material from the main body and is made of Japanense urushi called nuri-buta.

Mizusashi is used for the following purpose.
・Adding water to the tea kettle
・Cleaning tools and tea bowl.