Japanese Tea Ceremony Natsume Fishing Nets Drying in Gold Makie w/Box 4” Itomasu 5 cm) by 13" wide

5 cm) by 13" wide (33 cm) by 9" tall (23 cm )(16" tall (40

She wears a wide brimmed hat

1850) gold and red lacquer lidded bowl

The blocks were carved by Jacoulet's long time master carver Kantaro Maeda

Height = 15”

Japanese Tea Ceremony Natsume Fishing Nets Drying in Gold Makie w/Box 4” Itomasu 5 cm) by 13" wideThis 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 over 20 coats of urushi lacquer. This particular lacquer is beige and decorated with fishing nets drying out on sticks, (as fishermen once did on beaches after a days