Item dscription : Rikyu Namida Chashaku (a tea scoop of tears) Utsushi(a replica). Rikyu has left 3 tea scoops made by himself behind him when he was ordered a ritual suicide, Harakiri. The Namida Chashaku was the one of them left for his first disciple Furuta Oribe, who designed a Oribe style tea wares in the history, and kept by Tokugawa Bakufu for a long time. They say that the Chashaku had been kept by Oribe in the scoop holder in black with the small window to pray. He kept this scoop as a keepsake until his death. Please keep this legendary tea scoop Utsushi for your collection.
The Mei is written by Mr Bunga Noritani who is a chief priest at Hoshunji temple on Kyoto

Name of Bamboo artist : Mr. Chikken Miyashita lives in Kyoto (1946-)

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