By the end of the Kamakura period (1185-1333), when tea drinking spread throughout Japan and the demand for "Tenmoku Chawan" increase the Japanese began produce their own tea cups in Seto, Aichi Prefecture. Although "Tenmoku Chawan" from China were common in various colors, shapes and styles the Japanese liked especially bowls with a tapered shape. Therefore, most Tenmoku Chawan produced in Seto where made with this shape. With rising popularity of the "wabi tea ceremony" in later Muromachi period (1336-1573) "Ido Chawan", Korean rice bowls, become popular in Japan. | By the end of the Kamakura period (1185-1333), when tea drinking spread throughout Japan and the demand for "Tenmoku Chawan" increase the Japanese began produce their own tea cups in Seto, Aichi Prefecture. Although "Tenmoku Chawan" from China were common in various colors, shapes and styles the Japanese liked especially bowls with a tapered shape. Therefore, most Tenmoku Chawan produced in Seto where made with this shape. With rising popularity of the "wabi tea ceremony" in later Muromachi period (1336-1573) "Ido Chawan", Korean rice bowls, become popular in Japan. |