Sen no Rikyū: Appreciation of Nature Fused with Aesthetic Sense

Chōun-an, in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, is the reconstruction of a tea house built by Rikyū 420 years ago. (© Jiji)

A black Raku tea bowl by Chōjirō exhibited by the National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, as part of its 2017 exhibition “The Cosmos in a Tea Bowl: Transmitting a Secret Art across Generations of the Raku Family.” (© Kawamoto Seiya)