Tea utensils, tea ceremony tools, matcha tea bowl, moon viewing, autumn grass and rabbit, dimples on front, made by Kato Eizan, full moon, moon viewing, harvest moon

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Today we will introduce the Matcha Tea Bowl "Autumn Grasses and Rabbit" by Kato Eizan.

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One of the seven autumn herbs.
They began offering the flowers as offerings because the white pampas grass resembles ears of rice and is believed to ward off evil spirits.
・Moon viewing dumplings
The round dumplings resemble the moon and are said to express gratitude.
On the fifteenth night of the lunar month, there are 15 dumplings, which are piled up like a pyramid and offered.
This is because the topmost dumpling was thought to be a bridge to the spirit world.
・Crops
They offered freshly harvested crops such as taro, chestnuts, and edamame to give thanks for the good harvest.
It is particularly common to offer taro as an offering, and the Mid-Autumn Moon is also known as the Taro Moon.

Customs
Not only offerings, but unique customs are also passed down in each region.
The most common is the "moon viewing thief."
This means that you can freely take offerings only during the moon viewing festival.
Example: In some parts of Nagasaki Prefecture, it is called "Mandakana" and children are free to take the offerings.
In Senboku District, Akita Prefecture, this is called "kataashi gomen," and it is apparently permissible to step into someone else's house with one foot and take an offering.
Both of them take this to mean that the moon has eaten the offering and are happy.

[Kato Nagayama]
Born in February 1975
1998 Graduated from Kyoto Prefectural Pottery Technical College, Molding Department
1999 Graduated from Kyoto Prefectural Pottery Technical College
Graduated from Kyoto City Examination Center in 2000
2000: Studied under Shoho Ito
2003: Studied under Higashiyama Shinzan

Size: Approx. diameter 12 x height 7.6 cm
Author: Eizan Kato
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Moon viewing tools are here → Please click to view.