[Tea utensils/Tea ceremony tools Thin boards (flower vase base boards/flower stand)] Top-grade Shin-nuri Genuine lacquer Three-piece base board set (Yahazushi, Kaku-hama, Maru-hama) Standard item

● Usui-ta (thin board) is a board that is placed under a vase when the vase is placed on a tatami floor.
There are three types: "Yahazuita" (arrow notch board), "Hamaguriba" (clam shell edge), and "Marukodai" (round incense stand), and they are used according to the rank of the vase: Shin, Gyo, or Kusa.
The Rikyu style Yahazuita (arrow notch board) is made of cypress wood with a black lacquer finish, the edge of the board is arrow-notch shaped, the top dimension is one bu larger than the bottom, and the wider side is placed on top, and it is used for real flower vases made of antique copper, celadon, or blue and white porcelain.
Hamaguriba, in the Rikyu style, is made of paulownia wood with a lacquered finish, and the edge of the wood resembles a clam shell. It is available in various finishes including true lacquer, lacquer, roiro lacquer, and black kakiawase lacquer, and is used for vases with glazed Kuniyaki.
The round incense stand, in the Rikyu style, is made of paulownia wood with a kakeawase lacquer finish, with a rounded edge, and is used for unglazed Japanese ware such as Bizen, Iga, and Shigaraki, as well as for "grass" vases such as bamboo vases.
In addition, "wooden clam leaves" made from paulownia, pine, cedar, cypress, and keyaki are used for unglazed bisque and yakishime pottery, bamboo, and gourd pieces that are used as flower vases for grasses.
In large halls, "large boards" and "long boards" are sometimes used, and "Haneda trays" are also sometimes used for antique bronze vases.
It is not supposed to be used when placing a basket vase.

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Size: Arrow notch (approx. length 28.6 x width 44.5 x thickness 0.8 cm)
Clam shell (approx. length 28.6 x width 41 x thickness 0.5 cm)
Round clam (approx. diameter 32 x thickness 0.5 cm)
Material: Genuine lacquer
Author: Nakamura Muneyoshi
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Yamanaka Lacquer Artist
Born in Ishikawa Prefecture in 1932
In 1946, he studied under his master and devoted himself to learning tea ceremony utensils.
In 1967, he received instruction in tea ceremony from the late Professor Munekazu Nakao.
1979: Won the Forestry Agency Director General's Award at the National Lacquerware Exhibition (Mitsukoshi Main Store, Tokyo)
1982: Received the Governor's Award at the National Lacquerware Exhibition (Mitsukoshi Main Store, Tokyo)
1983: Won the Seishitsu Association Award at the National Lacquerware Exhibition (Mitsukoshi Main Store, Tokyo)
1987: Received the tea master's name (Muneyoshi)
1992: Associate Professor of Tea Ceremony
In 1994, he received instruction in pottery from Yoichi Ueno, a master of Kaga pottery.
Selected for the Ishikawa Prefectural Exhibition in 1996
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Box: Gift box