[Tea utensils/tea ceremony tools/shelves] Sanwa shelf, copy of Hounsai's favorite, made by Nakamura Muneyoshi, for hearth and brazier, with protective sheet

●What is a Sanwa shelf? It is a double shelf made of pine wood with lacquer finish and four white bamboo pillars. A paulownia wood wainscot with five plum blossom patterns is inlaid into the back, and it is a small shelf with legs on the four corners of the base board.
This shelf was favored by the 15th head of the Urasenke school, Hounsai, and head of the Hanso Soshitsu family.
The name comes from pine, bamboo, and plum.
*Can be used with both ro and furo.

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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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Box: Paper box