Vintage Japanese Oribe-ware Sokogawara Tile Tea Ceremony Furo 11" Kanban In folk belief

In folk belief

mountings show age and repair

This is a 120 year old antique Japanese suzuribako from the late Meiji Era c

a detail of wry specificity characteristic of Wada's eye for the texture of ordinary Japanese life

Vintage Japanese Oribe-ware Sokogawara Tile Tea Ceremony Furo 11" Kanban In folk beliefThis is a vintage Japanese Sokogawara () used in traditional tea ceremony. This is glazed in a rare turquoise Oribe ware style with chrysanthemums. A sokogawara is a flat ceramic tile traditionally placed under a kama (iron kettle) in a Japanese tea ceremony, particularly in the ro (sunken hearth) setting. Its main purpose is to protect the hearth floor from intense heat and to provide a stable base for the kettle. Made from heat resistant clay, it