[Tea utensils/tea ceremony tools, short poems with inscriptions] Handwritten Yokan by Nishigaki Daido, Snowy bamboo and sparrows by Sone Kofu (hand-painted)

●Yokan/Yosamu: The cold weather that is still lingering.
The cold weather still remains even though the coldest period of the year and the beginning of spring have passed.

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● Handwritten size: wide (approximately 36.3 cm long x 7.5 cm wide)
Artist: Characters (written by Nishigaki Daido)
Painting (Sone Kofu [original painting])
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[Daido Nishigaki] Gokurakuji Temple Born in Kinosaki, Hyogo Prefecture in 1942.
In 1949, he was ordained as a monk by Bunzan Soko. After graduating from Japan Social Welfare University, he was appointed to the Daitoku Sodo and later the Shokoku Sodo.
In 1976, he completed his master's course at Bukkyo University Graduate School.
In 1978, he became the chief priest of Gokuraku Zenji Temple of the Daitokuji school in Kinosaki County, Hyogo Prefecture, a position he still holds today.
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[Sone Yukikaze]
Born in Awataguchi, Kyoto in 1936. Graduated from Kyoto Prefectural Ceramics College (Ceramics Painting Department) in 1956 (studied ceramics under the late ceramicist Kohgaku Takashima).
In 1957, he became a ceramic artist under the late Living National Treasure Tomimoto Kenkichi. In 1973, he opened a kiln (Kofugama) in Higashiyama, Kyoto.
Trained in pottery at a pottery studio in Higashiyama, Kyoto until 1978. Moved to Fushimi, Kyoto in 1999 (explored painting through ceramic paintings of tea ceremony)
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Box: Tato paper