# Black Raku ware tea bowl named Minogame (Mossy-tailed tortoise)

- By: Attributed to Hon'ami Koetsu 本阿弥光悦 (1558-1637)
- Date: 1605-1637
- Medium: Earthenware with black raku glaze
- Classification: Vessels (containers)
- Dimensions: H x Diam: 8.7 × 12.5 cm (3 7/16 × 4 15/16 in)
- Culture: Japanese
- Credit line: Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- Museum: [Smithsonian Institution](https://asia.si.edu/object/F1899.34a-c/)
- Rights: [CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/1d5616b10d64a6aafb7161cd1b82df3d.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Tea-bowl of cylindrical shape, flat cut rim, named Mino-game (long-tailed tortoise).