Japanese Tea Ceremony Natsume Natural Cherry Bark Tea Jar Kabazaiku Shin-Hanga The largest bowl shows light

The largest bowl shows light crazing to the glaze consistent with age

A great sized nomi you will enjoy for a lifetime before passing it onto another generation

created using the traditional tsutsugaki dyeing technique

This is in like-new never been used condition

Japanese Tea Ceremony Natsume Natural Cherry Bark Tea Jar Kabazaiku Shin-Hanga The largest bowl shows lightThis is a vintage Japanese chu natsume or tea caddy used in the chanoyu tea ceremony. It holds the powdered green tea called matcha. This is made in the Kabazaiku () fashion from peeled cherry bark than bent with a single seam with origins among the samurai class of northern Japan in the mid Edo era. Having been only very sparingly and lovingly used for decades this natsume remains in fine condition. The tea caddy is a simple cylinder shape and a