[Tea utensils/Tea ceremony tools, tobacco tray tools (tobacco tray tools)] Tobacco case (tobacco holder) Red, Ikkan octagonal, Heimoku, made by Shusai Kosaka

●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 4.5 x height 9.2 cm
Author: Shusai Kosaka
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Resides in Kaga City, Ishikawa Prefecture
Born in 1950
We carry on the techniques of Mr. Matsunaga, an Ikkan lacquer artist from Kyoto who has inherited the tradition that began with Hirai Ikkan.
In 1971, he became independent in Kaga and has been studying since then.
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Box: Wooden box