Vintage Japanese Tea Ceremony Nakatsuki Natsume Hida Shunkei Lacquer 3" Mirror merging sculptural vitality with symbolic

merging sculptural vitality with symbolic Daoist imagery—representing blessings of health

Katana by Osafune Kiyomitsu備前国住長船孫右衛門尉清光／永禄三年八月日

The complexities of loading and firing a wood kiln

visible hada

Condition: Varies by piece

Vintage Japanese Tea Ceremony Nakatsuki Natsume Hida Shunkei Lacquer 3" Mirror merging sculptural vitality with symbolicThis 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