Chashaku Tea Scoop for Tea Ceremony Two Toned w/ Tube & Box by Yuyu Channei 7" Buddhist A great piece of Japanese

A great piece of Japanese history and a very interesting and functional piece of furniture

) and as kyokuroku 曲録 chairs by Buddhist abbots for meditation seated cross legged

made of solid Kiri (paulowina) wood

This is a vintage Japanese hand painted scroll on paper

Weight = 1

Chashaku Tea Scoop for Tea Ceremony Two Toned w/ Tube & Box by Yuyu Channei 7" Buddhist A great piece of JapaneseThis is a used Chashaku previously owned by a frequent tea practitioner. Includes tube and signed box. The outer bamboo is a dark smoky bamboo. Usually taken from the rafters of old houses. Soot from the the charcoal fires used inside the house slowly permeates the bamboo surface coloring the bamboo a deep brown color that takes over 100 years to develop. When the rafters are replaced Artisans take this precious resource and craft it into many