[Tea utensils/Tea ceremony tools, charcoal tools/flower vase] Charcoal container (charcoal holder) Seifu-go, copy of Tantansai's favorite, made by Wada Seiji, for use with a furo (can also be used as a flower vase)

● Sumitori (charcoal container) is a container used during the sumidemae ceremony, in which the host places charcoal into the hearth or brazier in front of the guests. It is then carried around the room with charcoal inside, along with an incense holder, feather broom, kettle holder, ring, and fire tongs.
It is also written as sumitori and called Ufu.
Most of them are used in the form of baskets or other assembled items that have been lined and lacquered.
There are Chinese and Japanese items.
Karamono charcoal baskets are baskets woven from materials such as wisteria and bamboo, and many of them are extremely intricately woven with variations in each part. Some are made from a mix of wisteria and bamboo, or woven with palm bark.
In addition to baskets, Chinese charcoal containers also include lacquerware, containers filled with blue shells, and golden horses.
Japanese charcoal containers are made from materials such as rattan, bamboo, wisteria vines, and lotus stems, and their weaving style is more chunky than those of Chinese containers.
In addition to baskets, Japanese charcoal containers include gourds, ikkanbari, lacquerware, bentwood, and joinery, and sometimes sakuzubako (paper waste boxes), chayorikkago (tea selection baskets), sangesara (flower scattering plates), mi (winnowing baskets), and horoku (fireplaces).
Types of charcoal containers include the "sairou" (vegetable basket), "fukube sumitori" (gourd charcoal container), "kamioshiki" (sacred tray), "sumidai" (charcoal stand), and "hako sumitori" (box charcoal container).
Rikyu-style charcoal containers include oil bamboo, scale baskets, Daruma dolls, chrysanthemum-mounted, high-rimmed charcoal containers, wooden charcoal stands, gourds, and mulberry box charcoal containers for use in the water room.
Among the items by Sotan are the gourd handle, the Ikkan-hime God Orishiki (large), and the Kuzu bucket.

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●Can also be used as a flower vase by putting a drop in it
Size: Approx. diameter 20.5 x height 17 cm
Author: Wada Seiji
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Born in 1932 In 1951, he studied under Hamada Rinshosai.
1965: 2nd Generation: Succeeded Tonomatsu
Currently a member of the Ehime Art Association
Judges of the Takehito-kai
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Box: Wooden box