The History Of Tetsubin
Document Collated: Guan Zhi Liang During a period of about 150 years up to World War II, cast-iron teapots with handle and spout, called "tetsubin", were popular in Japan both as everyday household utensils and for informal and semi-formal tea drinking. Most of them, although made with care, were not considered objects of great artistic consequence. Sparingly decorate, they simply served to heat water for the household, and for that purpose they were hung over the fire or placed on a "hibachi". During the second half of the nineteenth century, when the serving of infused tea became increasingly popular, those...