Chashaku Tea Scoop for Tea Ceremony Two Toned w/ Tube & Box by Yuyu Channei 7" Buddhist Those items named Sho Chiku

Those items named Sho Chiku Bai are typically used to indicate grade/quality of themselves

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

ISBN 0870407627

Shochikubai When describing auspicious things

Having been carefully displayed and in storage for many decades years

Chashaku Tea Scoop for Tea Ceremony Two Toned w/ Tube & Box by Yuyu Channei 7" Buddhist Those items named Sho ChikuThis 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