Japanese Tea Ceremony Hira-Natsume Tea Caddy Hida-Shunkei Lacquer Glossy Along with a century old

Along with a century old warm patina this suzuribako tansu re chest remains in fine original

This is a Japanese bronze Usubata (Ikebana flower vase)

Recently acquired by from a local collector who lived and traveled all over Asia in the 1960's picking up treasures along the way

Publisher: Wakamatsu

they often have wrinkles

Japanese Tea Ceremony Hira-Natsume Tea Caddy Hida-Shunkei Lacquer Glossy Along with a century oldThis is a vintage Japanese chu natsume or tea caddy used in the chanoyu tea ceremony. It holds the powdered green tea called matcha. A quality natsume such as this is made of turn wood, typically hinoki or Japanese cypress. The wood is lacquered in the traditional Japanese method with as many as 20 coats of clear urushi lacquer. Beautifully decorated in traditional Shunkei urushi lacquer from the Hida Takayama region that shows the Hinoki Cypress