- Temae dōgu (点前道具, "items for the tea-making and service")
A wide range of utensils, known collectively as dōgu, is necessary for even the most basic tea ceremony. Generally, items which guests prepare themselves with for attending a chanoyu gathering are not considered chadōgu; rather, the term fundamentally applies to items involved to "host" a chanoyu gathering. This article, however, includes all forms of implements and paraphernalia involved in the practice of chanoyu.
Chasen hand made raw Takayama Craftsman
First things first: get a Takayama Chasen. A Takayama Chasen is a bamboo whisk made specifically for matcha. The history of the Takayama Chasen goes back centuries. You can find our favorite chasen here. Since matcha is such a fine powder, mixing it with a spoon is no easy task. Japanese tea masters had the same struggle over half a millennium ago....
During tea ceremonies, small statues or mythological forms are often seen placed on the trays. These are the so-called tea pets (茶 宠, in Chinese "tea animal") they add an aura of magic but can also used as a decoration on the tray or bathed in tea, with the water used to rinse the leaves or with that used to...
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《Sogen Kuroda》 The son-in-law of Shogen Kuroda, the 12th generation.
▼ Writer information[Muneatsu Kagebayashi]Born in 1946 in Takayama, Ikoma, Nara Prefecture. 1965 Learned the family business of tea ceremony and bamboo crafts. After 1970, he received guidance from Daitokuji Fujii Dodo and Miyanishi Gensei. Currently, he receives writings from Soshin Horinouchi and Tagen Kobayashi.[Sekio Fukumoto]Born in Kyoto...
Masamitsu Kikuchi in 1937 (1937), Keiten Takahashi, a modern Japanese metal casting craftsman who is a living national treasure. In 1982, Masamitsu Kikuchi was a Japanese craftsman; in the same year, he was Ryo Kikuchi Masamitsu Kobo, a general enthusiast. The works of the swords are the same as the ones in Yamagata, and the elements of the new era...
A sui-teki [水滴] is a water-dropper. It was used to control the amount of water added to an ink-stone (suzuri [硯]), when preparing writing ink. Some sui-teki have an extremely small hole in the spout, so that the water literally is dispensed in droplets, while others (such as the one shown above) are shaped more like ordinary cruets....