This is a sometsuke (blue and white) tea utensil depicting a landscape. The design has a calm and refined atmosphere, making it well-suited for a tea ceremony. The inner bottom is marked with the sometsuke inscription "Heian Hokuhō." The accompanying box has the inscription "Seika Sansui-ga Kin-tsutsu" (Blue and White Landscape Painting Kin-tsutsu) on the lid's surface and "Heian Hokuhō Sei" (Made by Heian Hokuhō) on the underside of the lid. The lid's surface is stained due to aging; please check the photos. Outer diameter: 3.8 cm, Inner diameter: 3.1 cm, Height: 6.5 cm ▢ First Generation Daimaru Hokuhō (1879-1959) Born in Daishoji, Kaga City, Ishikawa Prefecture in 1879. He received instruction in ceramic painting from Okura Seishichi at the Kutani Pottery Company. Later, in 1899, he went to Kyoto and studied under Kitayama Sekisen. In 1906, he was invited as a teacher to the Hunan Ceramics Industry School in Hunan Province, China, where he also researched Chinese ceramics. He returned to Japan in 1909. Back in Kyoto, he focused on making tea utensils and sencha utensils, mainly porcelain. He exhibited at numerous exhibitions, winning gold and silver prizes in most of them, and became a buyer for the Imperial Household Agency. He was certified as a technical expert but passed away in 1959. His techniques were passed on to the second generation Hokuhō. His pottery marks include sometsuke inscriptions "Hokuhō-zō" (Made by Hokuhō), "Sesshū-an Hokuhō-sei" (Made by Sesshū-an Hokuhō), and the common mark "Hokuhō." 【Reference】 The Grand Dictionary of Tea Ceremony, Tankosha #Why not have your own tea utensils? #TeaUtensils #ChakinTsutsu (Tea Cloth Tube) #KinTsutsu (Tube) #Chabako (Tea Box) #Furidashi (Tea Sweets Container) #Omotesenke (Omote Senke School of Tea Ceremony) #Urasenke (Ura Senke School of Tea Ceremony) #MushakojiSenke (Mushakoji Senke School of Tea Ceremony) #AntiqueArt #SennoRikyu #Sometsuke (Blue and White Porcelain) #DaimaruHokuhō #Sometsuke (Blue and White Porcelain) #Ro (Sunken Hearth) #Furo (Portable Brazier) #Chaji (Tea Gathering) #Koicha (Thick Tea) #Usucha (Thin Tea) #TeaCeremony #AntiqueArt #Antiques #Kyoto #Chanoyu (Tea Ceremony) #TeaRoom #China