[Tea utensils/tea ceremony tools/shelves] Gogyo-shelf, a copy of Gengensai's favorite, made of burnt cedar by Kobayashi Kosai

●What is a Gogyo Shelf? It is a small shelf made of burnt cedar with exposed grain, a square top and base with hashibami (edge ​​trim), and three pillars made of white bamboo, with two posts on the guest pillar, three on the back pillar, and one on the facing pillar.
This shelf was favored by Gengensai Seichu Soshitsu, the 11th head of the Urasenke school.
This is a shelf for placing a central brazier, but not for placing water jars.
Its name comes from the fact that wood, fire, earth, metal and water are placed between the top and bottom plates (Qian and Kun), in accordance with the theory of Yin and Yang and the five elements.
Since these represent wood (shelf or ladle), fire (charcoal fire), earth (earthen brazier, ash), metal (kettle, brazier), and water (hot water), it is customary to place a earthen brazier on top.
From early October to opening

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Size: Tabletop (84.8 [2 shaku 8 sun] x 36.4 [1 shaku 2 sun] x thickness 1.8 cm [6 minutes])
Main plate (72.7 [2 shaku 4 sun] x 30.3 [1 shaku] x thickness 1.2 cm [1 minute])
Author: Kobayashi Kosai
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Joiner
Born in Yamashina, Kyoto in 1949
Master: Studied under the previous master and inherited the tradition of the fourth generation
Making and studying tea utensils up to the present day
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Box: Paper box