A 13th-century Jian chawan from the\u00a0Song Dynasty\u00a0sitting atop a 16th-century\u00a0lacquer\u00a0tea bowl stand from theMing Dynasty.\u00a0An 11th-century resident of\u00a0Fujian\u00a0wrote about the\u00a0Jian tea wares:<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Tea is of light colour and looks best in black cups. The cups made at Jianyang are bluish-black in colour, marked like the fur of a hare. Being of rather thick fabric they retain the heat, so that when once warmed through they cool very slowly, and they are additionally valued on this account. None of the cups produced at other places can rival these.\u00a0Blue and white\u00a0cups are not used by those who give tea-tasting parties.<\/em><\/strong>^{\n<\/a><\/sup><\/td>\n}

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By the end of the\u00a0Kamakura period\u00a0(1185\u20131333), as the custom of tea drinking spread throughout Japan and the\u00a0Tenmoku chawan<\/i>\u00a0became desired by all ranks of society, the Japanese began to made their own copies in Seto(in present day\u00a0Aichi Prefecture).\u00a0Although the\u00a0Tenmoku chawan<\/i>\u00a0was derived from the original Chinese that came in various colors, shapes, and designs, the Japanese particularly liked the bowls with a tapered shape, so most Seto-made\u00a0Tenmoku chawan<\/i>\u00a0had this shape.^{\n<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n}

With the rise of the\u00a0wabi<\/i>\u00a0tea ceremony in the late\u00a0Muromachi period\u00a0(1336\u20131573), the\u00a0Ido chawan<\/i>, a variety of Korean bowls mainly used for rice in Korea, also became highly prized in Japan.\u00a0Korean bowls were a favourite of\u00a0Sen no Rikyu\u00a0because of their rough simplicity.
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