{"product_id":"antique-japanese-tea-pot-by-buddhist-nun-ー大田垣-蓮月","title":"Antique Japanese Tea Pot by Buddhist Nun ー大田垣 蓮月","description":"\u003cp\u003eGrass script poems are scrawled across the raw clay surface of this tea pot by Otagaki Rengetsu. Although we have not been able to decipher the first verse, the second poem is: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInishie no aki ni　\/　Seeming to call out:\u003cbr\u003ekaere to maneku ran　\/　Past autumns return\u003cbr\u003earetaru yado no　\/　A neglected hut's\u003cbr\u003eshino no osusuki　\/　bamboo grasses\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe tea pot is 17 x 15.5 x 12.5 cm (roughly 7 x 6 x 5 inches) and is in excellent original condition, enclosed in an old wooden carrying box.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOtagaki Rengetsu (1791-1875) was born into a samurai family, she was adopted into the Otagaki family soon after birth, and served as a lady in waiting in Kameoka Castle in her formative years, where she received an education worthy of a Lady of means. Reputed to be incredibly beautiful, she was married and bore three children; however, her husband and all children died before she was twenty. Remarried she bore another daughter, however that child too perished and her husband died while she was just 32. Inconsolable, she cut off her hair to join the nunnery at Chion-in Temple, where she renounced the world and received the name Rengetsu (Lotus Moon). However, this was not the end, but only the beginning of a career as artist and poet which would propel her to the top of the 19th century Japan literati art world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Otagaki Rengetsu","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50716987457783,"sku":"K1064","price":286100.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0658\/7472\/3063\/files\/2025-11-1505.45.44.jpg?v=1777346553","url":"https:\/\/kuramonzen.com\/products\/antique-japanese-tea-pot-by-buddhist-nun-%e3%83%bc%e5%a4%a7%e7%94%b0%e5%9e%a3-%e8%93%ae%e6%9c%88","provider":"Kura Monzen Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}