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[[File:JapaneseTeapot.jpg|thumb|250px|A right-handed ''yokode kyusu'' (side-handled teapot)]]
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[[File:JapaneseTeapot.jpg|thumb|left|250px|A right-handed ''yokode kyusu'' (side-handled teapot)]]
 
{{#ev:youtube|Lziqw7PQp94|250|right|Dokumentary: Using Teapots - Japanese Kyusu Teapots}}
 
{{#ev:youtube|Lziqw7PQp94|250|right|Dokumentary: Using Teapots - Japanese Kyusu Teapots}}
    
'''Kyusu''' is a Japanese teapot for brewing  tea.
 
'''Kyusu''' is a Japanese teapot for brewing  tea.
   
The word "kyusu" merely means "teapot", even though in common usage kyusu usually does refer to a teapot with a side handle.
 
The word "kyusu" merely means "teapot", even though in common usage kyusu usually does refer to a teapot with a side handle.
   
The two most common types of kyusu are ''yokode kyūsu'' (side handle teapot), which has a side handle and which is the more common type, and ''ushirode kyūsu'' (back handle teapot), which has a rear handle like common teapots such as [[yixing]].
 
The two most common types of kyusu are ''yokode kyūsu'' (side handle teapot), which has a side handle and which is the more common type, and ''ushirode kyūsu'' (back handle teapot), which has a rear handle like common teapots such as [[yixing]].
  

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