[Tea utensils/tea ceremony tools, charcoal tools] Charcoal container (charcoal holder) made of white bamboo, made by Shimada Chikuhosai, for use with a brazier

● 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, an incense holder, feather broom, kettle holder, ring, and fire tongs attached.
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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Size: Approx. diameter 25 x height 9.7 cm
Artist: Shimada Chikuhosai
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[Third Generation (real name Yoshiharu)]
Born in Kyoto in 1954
In 1970, he studied under the first and second Chikuhosai
In 1980, he became independent and continued to study under Chikuhosai II.
In 1997, he took on the name of the 3rd Chikuhosai
Selected for the 1998 Tea Ceremony Art Exhibition
We carry out all the steps from cutting the bamboo, weaving the basket, dyeing, and lacquering.
He is skilled in the technique of Ajiro-Kaeshi-Nuki-Ami.
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Box: Paper box