Describe the Japanese aesthetic sensibility that has created such admiration for simple objects such as a teabowl. What characteristics should a proper teabowl have?
What will be an ideal response?
Essay responses should include these points:
Sen no Rikyu conceived of chanoyu as an intimate gathering in which a few people entered a small, rustic room and drank tea carefully prepared in front of them by their host.
They quietly discussed the tea utensils or a Zen scroll hanging on the wall.
A teabowl would be judged by the natural and asymmetrical elements.
Grainy textures and red clay of Yugure were admired because they evoked a gentle landscape illuminated by the setting sun.
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