[Tea utensils/tea ceremony tools/shelves] Kotobuki shelf, copy of Tantansai's favorite, made by Nakamura Muneyoshi, assembled, for hearth and brazier, protective sheet included

●What is a Kotobuki shelf?...It is a small shelf made of pine wood with an urushi lacquer finish, with a base board that is 1 shaku 1 sun 4 bu square and an octagonal top board, the edges of the top and base boards are painted black wax, and it has two pillars with openwork on all four sides and cloud-shaped openwork fin boards on the top and bottom.
This shelf was favored by the 14th head of the Urasenke school, Sekoso Soshitsu, Mugensai, who was known by his Buddhist name Tantansai.
This was favored on the occasion of the Imperial Enthronement in 1928, and was originally a ``Kikuju shelf'' with an octagonal paulownia wood top and a chrysanthemum stand, but it was later redesigned and favored.
*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