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Q: And you knew right away what it was?

Takaezu: I asked for it.

Q: And did the person in the shop know what it was too?

Takaezu: Oh, yeah. Yeah. And they brought it out. It was a tea set, and she had poems all written like this here. It was beautiful. And that price, even at that time, in 1955, which is when everything was very inexpensive-- we didn't have that kind of money. But I was satisfied that I found her piece. But I couldn't afford it, but I got to see it.
But we stayed in a Zen temple. My sister and I spent a month or two at the temple, and that was an experience in itself. My mother wrote to us and sent money. She knew we were having a hard time. So she sent money in an envelope and told my sister to write and said, "What are you doing, silly girls? Why don't you come home?"

Q: What was your sister doing while you were studying pottery?

Takaezu: We were traveling. She was dreaming about pottery when I was only trying-- and she made me promise I wouldn't look for pottery when we went to certain places. But I did.

Q: Your sister was just a good traveling friend?