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japanese teabowl book

updated tue 20 feb 01

 

Aiko Ichimura on mon 19 feb 01


Bret wrote:
>By the way - a few months ago I bought a wonderful book in Japanese on
>teabowls. It's called "Romon - Chawan no mikata" (My Japanese
pronunciation
>might be a bit off - my Chinese is a lot better than my Japanese. Anyway,
>the title means "Introduction - Looking at Teabowls". The publisher is
>Sekaibunkasha

I believe that's "Nyumon" meaning entering gate or very beginning or
introduction.

Aiko

Bret Hinsch on mon 19 feb 01


That would be the right pronunciation. Thanks for correcting my terrible
Japanese pronunciation!

Bret in Taipei


>From: Aiko Ichimura
>Reply-To: Ceramic Arts Discussion List
>To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
>Subject: Japanese teabowl book
>Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 10:59:14 -0500
>
>Bret wrote:
> >By the way - a few months ago I bought a wonderful book in Japanese on
> >teabowls. It's called "Romon - Chawan no mikata" (My Japanese
>pronunciation
> >might be a bit off - my Chinese is a lot better than my Japanese.
>Anyway,
> >the title means "Introduction - Looking at Teabowls". The publisher is
> >Sekaibunkasha
>
>I believe that's "Nyumon" meaning entering gate or very beginning or
>introduction.
>
>Aiko
>
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