Akyūsu (急須) is a traditional Japaneseteapot mainly used for brewinggreen tea.

The common misconception is that akyūsu always has a side handle. However, the word "kyūsu" merely means "teapot", even though in common usagekyūsu usually does refer to a teapot with a side handle.

The two most common types ofkyūsu areyokode kyūsu (横手急須,side hand(le) teapot), which has a side handle and which is the more common type, andushirode kyūsu (後手急須,back hand(le) teapot), which has a rear handle, just like teapots in other parts of the world;^[1] there are alsouwade kyūsu (上手急須,top hand(le) teapot).

Tokoname ware is known for itskyūsu. In smaller types, some of the lids can be crafted in such a way that they will not fall off due to wateradhesion. The spout also has to be crafted with an angle that no drops will leak back from it while pouring.

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  Kyūsu teapot for steeped tea inscribed with awaka poem byŌtagaki Rengetsu, stoneware with rice-straw-ash glaze, mid-19th century, late Edo period-early Meiji era
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  Kyūsu tea pot with sidehandle, design of landscape, underglaze blue, by Mizukoshi Yosobei in Kyoto, late Edo period or the early Meiji era, 19th century
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  Kyūsu tea pot,Tokoname ware,Taishō erac. 1921 – c. 1925, by Yamada Jozan I
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  A Kyūsu from above with ...
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  ... and without lid
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  A sieve on the inside of a Kyūsu

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