Japanese Tea Ceremony Hira-Natsume Tea Caddy Hida-Shunkei Lacquer Glossy This is a Japanese bronze

This is a Japanese bronze Usubata (Ikebana flower vase)

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

they often have wrinkles

using finely shredded tobacco known as 刻み煙草 (kizami tabako)

Publisher: Wakamatsu

Japanese Tea Ceremony Hira-Natsume Tea Caddy Hida-Shunkei Lacquer Glossy This is a Japanese bronzeThis 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