Vintage Japanese Hand Crafted Wood Hida Shunkei Lacquer Kashizara Round Tray Sake Used for storing documents

Used for storing documents

It has ornately figured legs to raise it above the tatami floor where it was used as a small individual table (It is made of cryptomeria wood with over 20 coats of Japanese red and black lacquer

Height = 10" (25

The water used to rinse the tea bowl is drained into a Kensui such as this

This tsuba shows wear from lots of use

Vintage Japanese Hand Crafted Wood Hida Shunkei Lacquer Kashizara Round Tray Sake Used for storing documentsThis is a vintage Japanese kashizara round serving tray with the original presentation box. This type of serving tray was often used in chado (tea ceremony and is known as a kashizara. It is made of Hida Shunkei lacquer ware hand crafted in Gifu prefecture in the early 1970's. This type of natural lacquer ware has been famous in Japan for centuries. What makes Hida Shunkei lacquer ware so special is the way that the beauty of the surface of the wood