Rengetsu ware

{{Short description|Type of Japanese poetry}}

File:Kuroda Koryo - Teapot for Steeped Tea - Walters 49891 - Profile.jpg) inscribed with a waka poem by Ōtagaki Rengetsu, stoneware with rice-straw-ash glaze, late Edo period-early Meiji era, mid-19th century]]

{{nihongo|Rengetsu ware|蓮月焼|Rengetsu-yaki}} is a type of Japanese pottery that was made by the Buddhist nun Ōtagaki Rengetsu (1791–1875).

She was a prolific poet and calligrapher, but also an artisan. She created a number of vessels for sencha and chanoyu tea drinking traditions.{{Cite web|url=http://rengetsu.org/teaware/|title = Otagaki Rengetsu (1791～1875)}} She also created a large number of sake vessels such as tokuri flasks and guinomi cups.{{Cite web|url=http://rengetsu.org/sakeware/|title = Otagaki Rengetsu (1791～1875)}} She adorned her ceramics with poems written in her calligraphic style.

Her style of ware was continued even after her death and a traditional center of production was in Okazaki, Kyoto.