[Tea utensils/tea ceremony tools/shelves] Yoshino shelf, lacquered finish, modeled after Ennosai's favorite, with two shoji and reed doors, made by Nakamura Muneyoshi, assembled, for hearth and brazier, with protective sheet

●What is a Yoshino shelf? It is a small shelf made of paulownia wood with Shunkei lacquer, with four pillars made of Yoshino logs with the bark still on them, a waistboard with a circular window carved into the guest area, and a sliding screen over the hearth and a reed door over the brazier.
This shelf was favored by Ennosai Tetsuchu Soshitsu, the 13th head of the Urasenke school.
This shelf was designed to commemorate the tea offering ceremony that was held when Ihoan and its Onigawaraseki, built by the wealthy merchant Haiya Joeki who bought Yoshino Tayu's freedom, were moved to Kodaiji Temple in Kyoto in 1922.The shelf was designed based on the Yoshino window of Ihoan, which Yoshino Tayu liked.
*Can be used with both hearths and braziers.

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Size: Approx. 21.5cm deep x 23.5cm wide x 39cm high
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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Box: Paper box