Vintage Japanese Tea Ceremony Natsume Summer Flowers w/ Kiri Box 2 3/4” Mizusashi The Ainu people traditionally carved

The Ainu people traditionally carved these Kubori Kuma for religious purposes revering the Bear as a deity

The painting subject

31 of which are nationally recognized as Master Craftsmen

Shoguns and the Shogun's Gallery in Portland

aka Kunisada Tsunoda (1786 – 1865) of the Utagawa school

Vintage Japanese Tea Ceremony Natsume Summer Flowers w/ Kiri Box 2 3/4” Mizusashi The Ainu people traditionally carvedThis 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 black and decorated in a makie gold summer flowers, this is a beautiful example of Japanese lacquer ware. The