[Tea utensils/tea ceremony tools/shelves] Gogyo shelf, a copy of Gengensai's favorite, made of burnt cedar, by Kobayashi Kosai & Unryu kettle, medium size, by Kikuchi Masamitsu & red bowl, black, 13cm, by Munetomo Set, with sheet

●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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Set contents: Gogyo shelf, a copy of Gengensai's favorite, made of burnt cedar by Kobayashi Kosai
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])
Unryu Kettle (medium) by Masamitsu Kikuchi
Size: Approx. 13cm in diameter x 14.7cm in diameter x 15.5cm in height
Black and red bowl, size 100mm, made by Munetomo
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[Kobayashi Kosai] 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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[Masamitsu Kikuchi]
A kettle maker living in Yamagata
Studied under Takahashi Keisuke
An artist who inherits the tradition of Oshu Yamagata casting
Born January 19, 1937 in Yamagata Prefecture
Since his first selection at the Japan Traditional Crafts Exhibition in 1973, he has been selected more than 10 times.
Received the Japan Crafts World Tokyo Branch Award at the 5th Traditional Crafts Musashino Store
He has been selected 12 times for the Japanese Traditional Crafts Metalwork Exhibition.
In 1982, he was certified as a Japanese traditional craftsman.
Full member, Japan Crafts Association
Received the Yamagata City Skill Achievement Award in 1991
1998 Yamagata Prefecture Outstanding Skilled Worker Award
2002 Traditional Crafts Merit Award
Selected for the Japan Metalwork New Works Exhibition 15 times
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Box: Paper box