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Architecture
Tea Houses
Tea jar. Earthenware jars to store tea leaves, usually 30-40 cm in height and 30-35 cm in diameter. From the Kamakura until the Muromachi periods, Bizen, Seto, and Shigaraki wares were the most common (see *bizen yaki 備前焼, *seto yaki 瀬戸焼, *shigaraki yaki 信楽焼). In the Momoyama period, jars imported from Southern China rusontsubo 呂宋壷 were most highly prized.