[Tea utensils/tea ceremony tools tobacco tray] Ikkan-nuri writing box, copy of the favorite of Matamyosai, made by Tahara Issai

●What is a tobacco tray? It is a tool for storing a set of smoking equipment, such as a fire box, an ash blower, a tobacco case, a tobacco pipe, and incense chopsticks.
Also written as "tobacco tray," a set consisting of a tobacco tray, fire box, cupellator, tobacco box, and a pair of pipes is called a complete tobacco tray or a set of tobacco trays.
During the tea ceremony, it is served at the endowment, on the seat, or during the ceremony before the usucha tea begins.
It is not served during thick tea or kaiseki meals.
Also, at large tea ceremonies, it is placed in the seat of the main guest from the beginning.
A tobacco tray always has a fire bowl and an ash blower, and in the Sen school, the fire bowl is placed on the left and the ash blower on the right.
A tobacco case and a pipe are used as a pair, and when in use, the two pipes are hung formally in front of the tobacco tray, over the edge.
In the Mushakoji Senke school, an incense stick (kohashi) is also placed to the right of the cupellation.
In Omotesenke, paper is laid out, but in Urasenke, it is not.
At Mushakoji Senke, it is only placed under the firebox.
Originally, it was designed to resemble an incense tray, with an incense burner as a fire holder, an incense shell holder as an ash blower, and an incense box as a tobacco holder, and two tobacco pipes placed in front of the tray were said to resemble incense chopsticks.
During Rikyu's time, tobacco trays were not used at tea ceremonies, but in the Edo period, tobacco trays began to appear as a favorite item among Sotan, Enshu, and Sowa, and it is said that tobacco trays became a common item used at tea ceremonies in the late Edo period.
They come in a variety of shapes, but can be broadly divided into two types: with and without a deposit.
Chinese items include konjac sauce, abalone, lacquerware, and wisteria arrangements, while Japanese items include Chinese wood, lacquerware, woodwork, Ikkanbari, and baskets.
While the items favored by feudal lords tend to be elaborately crafted with decorative metal fittings, lacquered lacquerware, openwork carvings, and Chinese wood carvings, the items favored by tea masters are mostly simple in shape and made from wood such as paulownia or mulberry.

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Size: Approx. 13.5m length x 24.5m width x 10m height
Author: Issai Tahara
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[3rd Generation] Kyoto Yamashina
Joiner of Kyoto
Born in 1940 in Nakagyo Ward, Kyoto City
Studied under his father, the second generation master
In 1967, the third generation succeeded the second generation after their death.
1973: Opened a workshop in Yamashina
1975: Awarded at the Joinery Crafts Exhibition
1982: Awarded a prize at the Tea Ceremony Joinery and Art Crafts Exhibition
Joiner Grandfather: Tamejiro/Father: Yaichiro
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Box: Paper box