[Tea utensils/tea ceremony tools] Colored painting, Zeze ware, fan-shaped flow, by Shinjo Iwasaki (Kagerouen)

●Kaigu refers to a complete set of clothing, weapons, horse equipment, etc.
In addition, the four essential utensils used in the tea ceremony are a water jar, a ladle stand, a water container, and a lid rest, and are used to display on a daisu or long board.
It was brought to Japan by the Rinzai sect monk Nanpo Shomyo when he returned from Song, and the most famous example of this is the "Kangan Kaigu" (Chinese copperware set) owned by Sen no Rikyu.
At that time, most were made from copper.
Today's ceramic utensils first appeared at the end of the Edo period, but at the time they were still unfamiliar and not widely accepted by the people.
It was only after the Meiji period that they began to be widely distributed, and when the head of each school began to make his or her own "favourite items", the "Ryureishiki" style popularised by the 11th head of the Urasenke school, Gengensai, adopted the principle of using ceramic utensils, so they became indispensable to the early modern tea ceremony.
The "Ryureishiki" is one of the new tea ceremony cultures established by Gengensai in order to modernize the tea ceremony.
This is very different from traditional tea ceremonies, as tea is prepared using a desk and chair, and is known as chair tea ceremony.
It is said that the origins of this tea ceremony date back to the 1st Kyoto Exposition, held in Kyoto in 1871, when Gengensai came up with the idea to allow foreign guests to sit down and drink tea.
The water jar, water pitcher and lid rest can also be used separately.

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Size: Water jar (approx. diameter 18cm x height 15.2cm)
(Approx. 12cm opening)
Ladle stand (approx. mouth diameter 4.8 x body diameter 9 x height 18.6 cm)
Kensui (approx. diameter 15.4 x height 8cm)
Lid rest (approx. diameter 6.4 x height 5.6 cm)
Author: Shinjo Iwasaki (Kagerouen)
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[2nd Generation] The eldest son of the first generation Kenzo
Born in 1913 (Taisho 2)
Graduated from Kyoto Higher Technical School, Department of Ceramics
1987: The Zeze Pottery Museum was established.
1985: Designated as a traditional craft of Shiga Prefecture
1991 (Heisei 3) Awarded the Traditional Industry Merit Award from the Ministry of International Trade and Industry
2010 (Heisei 22) Currently producing pottery at Amazensho ware
Currently, various items such as blue and white and red porcelain are produced. Representative work: Tea caddy "Oeyama"
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[Kagerouen]
It is currently counted as one of the Seven Enshu Kilns.
The garden was named after the famous "Kagero Pond," a pond depicted in the "Illustrated Map of Famous Places along the Tokaido Road" by Japanese painter Yamamoto Shunkyo.
At the time, Kobori Enshu was the magistrate of Omi, so it is likely that Enshu provided guidance.
The famous tea caddies favored by Enshu are "Oeyama" and "Hakuun."
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Box: Wooden box