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Raku Museum

Address: Aburakoji, Nakadachuri-agaru, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto
Phone: 075/414-0304

Raku Bijutsukan

Category: Museums/Galleries
Location: Kamigyo-ku

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Fodor's Review:

Any serious collector of tea-ceremony artifacts is likely to have a Raku bowl in his or her collection. This museum displays more than 1,000 items, mostly tea bowls, made by members of the Raku family, whose pottery roots can be traced to the 16th century. As a potter's term in the West, raku refers to a low-temperature firing technique, but the word originated with this family, who made exquisite tea bowls for use in the shogun's tea ceremonies. The museum is to the east of Horikawa-dori, two blocks south of Imadegawa-dori; take Bus 9 or 12 to Ichi-jo-modori-bashi.

Cost: ¥700-¥1,000, depending on exhibition
Open: Tues.-Sun. 10-4:30

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