[Tea utensils/Tea ceremony tools, tobacco tray tools (tobacco tray tools)] Tobacco case (tobacco holder) Top-shaped lacquer, made by Kawabata Konza, made of Tochigi wood, made in Japan

●Tobacco case...A tool that is placed inside the tobacco tray and used to hold chopped tobacco.
It can also be written as tobacco-iri and called tobacco jar.
Among the Chinese items are blue shell containers, ivory, lacquerware, lacquerware, kuri, zonnose, golden horses, spinning tops, and bamboo roots, which are said to have been used to represent containers for fragrances and spices.
There is no set format and there are many different preferences.
There are also cigarette holders available.

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Size: Approx. diameter 4.2 x height 9.2 cm
Material: Tochigi wood, made in Japan
Author: Konza Kawabata
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[The 6th generation, Kinza Kawabata]
Born in Osaka in 1947
Graduated from Osaka Municipal Technical High School, Art Department (Japanese Painting Department) in 1966
Graduated from Kyoto City University of Arts, Department of Lacquer Art in 1970
Teacher: Studied under the former Konza
September 2000: 6th generation "Konza" successor
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Box: Wooden box