[Tea utensils/tea ceremony tools, charcoal tools] Paper kettle mat, red crane (three colors: red, white, and black) by Yoshibei Okumura (one of the Ten Senke craftsmen, mounter)

● What is a kamashiki? It is a device that is placed under the kettle when it is removed from the fire during the sumidemae ceremony, in which the host adds charcoal to the hearth or brazier in front of the guests.
It is also called Kamaoki.
There are various types of kamashiki, including "kumi kamashiki" made by weaving wisteria, rattan, bamboo, bamboo skin, paper twine, and braided thread (string); "kami kamashiki" made by folding 20 to 48 sheets of hosho paper, sandalwood paper, or Mino paper into a bundle into quarters; "bamboo kamashiki" made by slicing bamboo nodes; and "ita kamashiki" made from paulownia wood for use in the water room.
It is said that the origin of this craft was when Takeno Joo saw the hedate of a mortar and woven it out of rattan.
The basic form is a karamono (woven rattan item) or karamono weaving, but there are also "himogumi" (string braid) and "enza" (round cushions), which are similar to smaller circular cushions used in "koshikakemachiai" (waiting tables).
Paper kettle mats began when Sen no Rikyu used a pocket paper, and were considered to be kettle mats of the true rank, and were not placed in a charcoal container during the ceremony but were carried in a pocket. Later, hosho paper, danshi paper, and gold leaf stamping became popular.
If the charcoal tea ceremony is omitted, place an incense holder on this and place it on the tokonoma.
The bamboo kettle base was made from the leftover bamboo from when Sen Sotan cut the flower vase, and is made by slicing the nodes of large bamboo pieces into rings.
The wooden kettle base is made of paulownia wood, 3 minutes thick and 5 inches square, cut on all four sides with a 1 inch hole in the center.It is used for the water room and is assembled in a box-shaped charcoal container and carried around the venue.

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Size: Approx. 14.6cm long x 18.6cm wide x 3.8cm thick
Artist: Yoshibei Okumura (one of the Ten Craftsmen of the Sen family)
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[11th generation Yoshibei] 1901 (Meiji 34) -
10th Generation Kichijiro's eldest son
12th Generation Yoshibei
Son of the 11th generation Yoshibei
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[Okumura family]
He claimed to be a descendant of the Sasaki clan and was said to have been a local samurai from a place called "Taninosho" in the northern part of Omi Province.
During the reign of Saburo Okumura Sadamichi, after the Battle of Anegawa, his master, the Azai clan, was destroyed and he became a ronin.
Sadamichi's son, Genrokuro Okumura Sadatsugu, had his eldest son, Genshiro, serve Maeda Toshiie, and the eldest son later took the name "Okumura Settsunokami Sadamitsu" and became a samurai of the Kaga domain.
The second son, Yoshiemon Kiyosada, did not join the government, but instead took over his mother's family business and became a merchant, working as a paperhanger in Kyoto.
This Kiyosada is considered to be the first.
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Box: Wooden box