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Sen no Rikyū's Creation of Tea Utensils: The Shinnuri Teoke Mizusashi and Oritame Chashaku

Academic paper argues Rikyū transformed pre-existing tea utensils rather than inventing them, using a mizusashi and chashaku as case studies.

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“Rikyū was not the originator but rather a "transformer of tea utensils."”
利休は創案者ではなく「茶道具の変革者」であったもといえる。
“These Rikyū-favored tea utensils are commonly thought to have been newly designed and completed by Rikyū himself.”
これら利休好みの茶道具は利休自らが新しくデザインして完成したものだと考えられている。
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