"Rakuyaki and the Spirit of Omotenashi"【4代目佐々木虚室 (Kyoshitu Sasaki) 楽焼・昭楽窯 】

My name is Kyoshitsu Sasaki. The name of my workshop is called Shorakugama, but I call it Kiraigama. Sen no Rikyu-san, the founder of Wabi-cha, came up with this tea ceremony 450 years ago. Until then, Japanese tea ceremonies were not meant to entertain people, but to entertain themselves and their friends. Rikyu-san came up with the idea of how to make a cup of tea that would be delicious for his customers. Tea after Rikyu-san is the tea of hospitality. Our job is to make a cup of tea that people who want to use it want to use. This is called Koraku. It's written as Furui-raku, Koraku. Rikyu-san came up with the idea of how to make a cup of tea that would be used in Wabi-cha 450 years ago. The original Koraku-chan is a Koraku with the spirit of Rikyu. What is the spirit of Rikyu? Rikyu is the spirit of Zen Buddhism, What is the spirit of Zen Buddhism? The spirit of Zen Buddhism is the beauty of imperfection, the incompleteness of imperfection. That's the spirit of tea ceremony. In the spirit of Zen Buddhism, there is light. In my image, this is the light of God. This is a new work that expresses the light of God from the imperfection of Wabi-sabi. This is a new work that expresses the light of God from the imperfection of Wabi-sabi. I put a sharp spatula vertically in this cup and painted it with white oil paint. In my image, this is my original cup. I made this cup with the feeling of a sword or the scenery of a mountain in winter. There is no cup like this in the history of Raku 400 years. I arranged it and made it. Thank you for watching.