[Tea utensils/tea ceremony tools incense holder] Genbo incense holder by Shoami Takano (Warakuan)

●What is Genji? In the past, when the hearth was about to be opened, the Imperial Court would give out rice cakes called Boar's Baby Mochi to its subjects, and the container in which it was wrapped was called Genji Tsutsumi. This shape was used to make the incense container.
During this event, the Emperor pounds rice cakes using a drum-shaped mortar and a pestle held by the Moon Rabbit.
Currently, the imperial court event is being revived as a Shinto ritual at Go'o Shrine in Kyoto.
●It is used around the time of furnace opening (the day of the boar in October in the old calendar).
It was also said that opening the kotatsu on the day of the boar in October would prevent fires, so many tea houses chose this day to open their hearths.
It seems that zenzai was served to celebrate the opening of the hearth.
The tenth month of the lunar calendar (note) is called the month of the boar because the Big Dipper faces the direction of the boar.
The day of the boar in the tenth month of the lunar calendar, and the mochi rice cakes eaten on that day. [Season] Winter.

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Size: Approx. 7.1 x 7 x 1.8 cm
Author: Takano Shoami (Warakuan)
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[2nd generation]
1930: First generation Shoami founded
Born in Kyoto in 1941
Graduated from Kyoto City University of Arts in 1966
Learned the trade under his teacher, the first Shoami
In 1980, he held a 50th anniversary exhibition together with the first generation.
In 1993, the second generation
Currently in production at Obaku Tosho Shoami Studio in Higashiyama, Japan.
Mainly produces porcelain matcha and sencha tea utensils with blue and white porcelain, auspicious porcelain, colored porcelain, and kouchin porcelain.
Obaku Potter "The studio is in Higashiyama, Kyoto"
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Box: Wooden box