Chashaku Tea Scoop for Tea Ceremony Named w Tube&Box Woodwork A truly magnificent artifact from

A truly magnificent artifact from the early Edo period (1596-1868)

Very unusual wooden mechanical pencil with a carved top in the form of a cats head

This artwork is named Morning Meditation

He raises a small kotsuzuchi (打ち出の小槌

Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tek-hòe hûi)

Chashaku Tea Scoop for Tea Ceremony Named w Tube&Box Woodwork A truly magnificent artifact fromThis is a used Chashaku previously owned by a frequent tea practitioner. Includes tube. The Chashaku is the simple bamboo tea scoop used to transfer powdered green tea from the caddy to the tea bowl during tea ceremony. As its function is one of the most pivotal points in the ritual, it occupies a special roll as a work of art within itself. Specialized craftsmen and tea masters themselves carve these out of specially selected bamboo. They then carve