Nishimura Akimine Year of the Tiger Chago takatori yaki Some very early Iga-ware dates

Some very early Iga-ware dates back to the Nara period

Hagiwara Kazuko

The origin of this ritual dates back to the Edo period when the gold and silver mines were in operation

This listing is for a pale green chasen tea whisk shaper

Nishimura Akimine Year of the Tiger Chago takatori yaki Some very early Iga-ware dates*SHIPPING OPTIONS VARY DEPENDING ON THE DESTINATION, PLEASE SCROLL TO THE END OF THIS LISTING FOR MORE DETAILS. This listing is for an exquisite susutake bamboo chago made by sanuki take ittobori master craftsman, Nishimura Akimine. A chago is a scoop for taking tea leaves from a chatsubo. They are generally made of bamboo and shaped like half a cylinder. The bamboo used for this particular chago gets its name from the colour of bamboo roofing in old