Vintage Japanese Tea Ceremony Natsume Black Lacquer Gold Bamboo Maki-e 3" Laquer one cabinet with sliding doors

one cabinet with sliding doors and another with three pullout shelves

This exquisite piece of 100 year old antique Japanese cotton fabric features woven dyed cotton fabric created using the traditional kasuri dyeing technique

a very versatile and stylish storage solution

It is decorated with a Phoenix and Paulownia flower motif

Very intricately made with wide strips of woven split bamboo

Vintage Japanese Tea Ceremony Natsume Black Lacquer Gold Bamboo Maki-e 3" Laquer one cabinet with sliding doorsThis 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 over 20 coats of urushi lacquer. Beautifully decorated in traditional motifs. Having been only very sparingly and lovingly used for decades this natsume remains in fine