This item is a favorite of the 15th Urasenke Grand Master, Hounsai Soshu, so it can be used with confidence at formal tea ceremonies. There are no scratches. The box reads "Hounsai-ko Itome Futaoki" (糸目蓋置, Itome Lid Rest) on the front, and the side of the box (a matching box) is stamped with "Kamashi Seiemon" (釜師 清右衛門, Master of the Kettle, Seiemon). Diameter 4.4 cm, Height 4.7 cm, Base Diameter 4.4 cm Matching box. Matching cloth. 【References】 Meikou and Sakka Meikan of Tea Utensils, Tankosha Senke Jisshoku: Small Universe of Handcraft, Sekai Bunka Publishing ▢15th Seiemon Onishi (1924-2002) Senke Jisshoku "Kamashi" (Master of the Kettle). Jyoshin. The second son of the 14th Jyuchu. After graduating from Kyushu University, he studied at the Kyoto Art School. He succeeded the 15th Seiemon Onishi in 1960. He made a Managatakama kettle with a design by Kaii Higashiyama. ▢15th Urasenke Hounsai Genshitsu (1923-2025) 15th Grand Master of Urasenke Tea Ceremony. Born in Kyoto in 1923, graduated from the Faculty of Economics, Doshisha University. He served in the Navy from 1943 to the end of the war. After the war, he practiced Zen under the Abbot of Daitoku-ji Temple, Zuigan Zenji, and received the tonsure, taking the name Hounsai Genshu Soko Koji. In 1964, he succeeded his father, Tantansai, and was active both domestically and internationally. After retiring as Grand Master, he served as Daisosho (Grand Master). In his later years, he used the name Genshitsu. #Why not have your own tea utensils? #Chawan-ya Shokudo #Tea Ceremony Kettle #Kettle #Futaoki (Lid Rest) #Shelf #Kamashi (Kettle Maker) #Tea Utensils #Senke Jisshoku (Ten Masters of the Sen Family) #Seiemon Onishi #Iron #Furo (Portable Brazier) #Ro (Sunken Hearth) #Sen no Rikyu #Urasenke #Kyotoan #Tankokai #Hounsai #Okonomi (Favorite) #Gokou (Favorite) #Chaki (Tea Utensils) #Usucha (Thin Tea) #Tea Ceremony #Koicha (Thick Tea) #Chaki (Tea Utensils) #Konomimono (Favorite Items) #Antique Art #Tea Room #Tea Ceremony #Kyoto #Casting #Sanjo #Kamaza (Kettle Makers' Guild) #Tea Ceremony #Beauty #Art