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History

  • Originally, Chinese braziers (760 AD) made from bronze or iron, with 3 legs. Ash in these, according to CQ82, was formed into 3 mountains, each one with one of the trigrams ☲ (fire), ☴ (wind) and ☵ (water). First ones with demon-mask design and fitting kettle imported to Japan in XIII by zen monk Nampo.
  • Earthenware braziers (どぶろ) appeared around XV in Murata Shukō's time, because they were more suitable to 侘茶. Famous makers were Sōshirō and Zengorō.
  • Palmer sketches the development roughly as matched and 風炉 being the first, some old 風炉 rusting away and thus needing a 五徳; giving the idea to develop the 眉(まゆ)shape, and then, under Dōan, doing away with that eyebrow and arriving at the 面取(めんとり)shape.

Types

The following is mostly from verdure, with some anecdotes from CQ82 and the Chanoyu Vocabulary

Earthenware

Earthenware 土風炉 (どぶろ), associated with Nara where they became popular around Jōō's time, with masters such as Sōshirō being from there.

まゆ huro_mayu.jpg Eyebrow in English,
透木 すきぎ huro_sukigi.jpg Murata Shukō's invention
紹鴎 じょうおう huro_jyouou.jpg Named after Takeno Jōō
頬当 ほおあて huro_houate.jpg Named after a piece of armor guarding the cheeks
道安 どうあん Named for being his favourite, also made in copper and iron
面取 めんとり huro_mentori_douan.jpg Also made in copper and iron
雲龍 うんりゅう huro_unryuu.jpg
紅鉢 べにばさ huro_benibati.jpg Rogue pot, because it resembles the shape of the mortar in which saffron (beni) was pounded
四方 よほう huro_yohou.jpg
箪瓢 たんぴょう huro_tanpyou.jpg Gourd-shaped
雲華 うんげ huro_unge.jpg

Bronze

Bronze 唐銅(からかね)

鬼面 きめん huro_kimen.jpg ❝the original❞ (from China, for the 台子)
朝鮮 ちょうせん huro_cyousen.jpg
琉球 りゅうきゅう huro_ryuukyuu.jpg
色紙 しきし huro_sikisi.jpg Favourite of Enshū
鳳凰 ほうおう huro_houou.jpg Favourite of Urasenke VIII

Iron

As for ironware, some bronze ones are also made from iron; but the only 風炉 that is always strictly iron is the 窶 (やつれ), which is used in October.

Wood

There exists what is probably 利休's shittiest invention, the 板風炉(いた):