【Oribe Mushikui Chashaku】◆"Made by Furuta Oribe (Shigenari Furuta) - Mushikui Chashaku, with a tea caddy by Soji Matsuo, and a box by Fushunsai Gyoshisai"◆ Inspection: Oda Nobunaga, Sen no Rikyu, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Tokugawa Ieyasu, Sen no Sotan ■Description■ 【Oribe Mushikui Chashaku】◆"Made by Furuta Oribe (Shigenari Furuta) - Mushikui Chashaku, with a tea caddy by Soji Matsuo, and a box by Fushunsai Gyoshisai"◆ 【Size】 Length: 17cm, Diameter (Width): 0.8cm 【Condition】 There are signs of aging, such as scratches, small marks, and stains. 【Accessories】 ◎Tea caddy by Soji Matsuo ◎Box by Fushunsai Gyoshisai ◆Characteristics of Furuta Oribe Chashaku◆ Furuta Oribe's chashaku (tea scoops) are characterized by reflecting the free and bold aesthetic of "Oribe-gonomi" (Oribe's preference), which differs from Rikyu's wabi-cha. The "Oribe Mushikui Chashaku" is a very unique chashaku that embodies Furuta Oribe's aesthetic sense. ◎Ippon-hi (one groove): There is one groove carved from the part that scoops the tea to the node. ◎Designs such as "Mushikui" (worm-eaten holes opened on the node). ◎The tip of the scoop is long (the part that scoops the tea is relatively long). ◆Furuta Shigenari (Shigetaru Furuta) 1543-1615◆ A military commander, daimyo, tea master, and artist from the Sengoku period to the early Edo period. Known by the common name Furuta Oribe. His official rank was Jugoinoge (Junior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade) and Oribe no Suke. He was a tea master for Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu, and a tea ceremony instructor for Tokugawa Hidetada. The founder of the Oribe school of tea ceremony. He was an tea ceremony examiner for the Edo shogunate (Ryoei). The founder of Ryoei tea ceremony. He was one of the Rikyu Shichitetsu (Seven Disciples of Rikyu), and as the successor to Sen no Rikyu, he perfected the tea ceremony, and brought about a major trend called "Oribe-gonomi" in tea utensils, kaiseki utensils, architecture, and garden design. ◆Soji Matsuo (1579-1658)◆ A tea master of the early Edo period. A disciple of Sotan. Commonly known as Jinsuke. He used the names Bussai and Rakushiken. The Matsuo family began when Gosuke, the son of Genya Tsuji, changed his surname to Matsuo, taking his mother's maiden name. The Rakushiken three treasures, namely the Rakushiken plaque, the one-layer cut flower vase with the inscription Rakushiki, and the tea container with the same inscription, which Soji Matsuo received from his teacher Sotan, are regarded as family treasures of the Matsuo family. ◆Sogo Matsuo [Fushunsai] (1792-1830)◆ The fifth head of the Matsuo school of tea ceremony, and the brother-in-law of the fourth head, Fukansai. He was also skilled in ceramics, architecture, gardening, and poetry, and is called the restorer of the Matsuo school. ◆Soko Matsuo [Gyoshisai] (1820-1856)◆ A tea master of the late Edo period. The sixth master of the Matsuo family. Born in Kyoto. He served as a tea master for the Owari Tokugawa family and Higashi Hongan-ji Temple.