[Tea utensils/tea ceremony tools/shelves] Double shelf with tamari lacquer, Shin-nuri, copy of Sukeko, made by Nakamura Muneyoshi, assembled, for hearth and brazier, protective sheet included

●What is a tamenuri double shelf? It has four tamenuri lacquered pillars, with the middle board attached slightly higher and the base board being removable.
This shelf was favored by the 10th head of the Omotesenke school, Koushin Sosa, known as Hogensai.
This shelf is based on a triple shelf, and has been made into a double shelf by removing the top board and bottom pillars of the triple shelf. The small feet on the four corners under the base board have also been removed, and the base board has also been cut away, leaving only the frame.
This is the oldest type of double shelf without a base, and is designed to hold a portable water jar.
In the past, except for cave storehouses, there were no shelves that had a base and could be used to carry wet water jars, but the Tamagawa double shelf is a clever design that allows the use of shelves to carry and use wet unglazed water jars such as those made in Bizen and Shigaraki pottery.
*Both the ro and the furo can be used.

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Author: Nakamura Muneyoshi
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Yamanaka Lacquer Artist
Born in Ishikawa Prefecture in 1932
In 1946, he studied under his master and devoted himself to learning tea ceremony utensils.
In 1967, he received instruction in tea ceremony from the late Professor Munekazu Nakao.
1979: Won the Forestry Agency Director General's Award at the National Lacquerware Exhibition (Mitsukoshi Main Store, Tokyo)
1982: Received the Governor's Award at the National Lacquerware Exhibition (Mitsukoshi Main Store, Tokyo)
1983: Won the Seishitsu Association Award at the National Lacquerware Exhibition (Mitsukoshi Main Store, Tokyo)
1987: Received the tea master's name (Muneyoshi)
1992: Associate Professor of Tea Ceremony
In 1994, he received instruction in pottery from Yoichi Ueno, a master of Kaga pottery.
Selected for the Ishikawa Prefectural Exhibition in 1996
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