[Tea utensils/Tea utensils] Qinghai wave by Yokoishi Kasuke

●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 pitcher (approx. diameter 15.9 x height 17.4 cm)
Standing gourd (approx. diameter 4.4 x under body: diameter 9.8 x height 17.8 cm)
Kensui (approx. diameter 15.2 x height 9.2cm)
Lid holder (approx. diameter 5.5 x height 5.1cm)
Author: Yoshisuke Yokoishi
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[13th generation] Hirado ware
Born in 1939 as the fourth son of the 12th generation Kasuke
Graduated from Saga Prefectural Arita Industrial Ceramics Department
In 1965, he exhibited at the Nagasaki Prefectural Art Exhibition for the first time and won the Governor's Award.
Since then, he has been selected as a special winner for five consecutive years and received the Governor's Award three times.
1971 Selected for the Mainichi Ceramic Art Exhibition
In 1974, he entered the Japan Traditional Crafts Exhibition for the first time and was selected.
Selected for the Japan Traditional Crafts Exhibition in 1976
In 1979, the Hirado-yaki tea ceremony utensil exhibition was held at the Osaka Mitsukoshi Department Store Gallery.
1984: 13th generation successor
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Box: Wooden box