[Tea utensils/tea ceremony tools, tea scoop with name] Soot bamboo, inscribed "Seiga", by Arima Yoritsune, tea scoop maker: Masayoshi Okuda

●Seigai: pure and elegant.
Something pure and elegant.
Something that is elegant and tasteful. Also, the state of being elegant and tasteful.

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● Commemorating the marriage of Princess Nori
Author: Character (written by Arima Yosoko)
Tea scoop maker (made by Masayoshi Okuda)
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[Arima Yorisoku (name: Dairyukku)] Mannenzan Shokoku Jotenji Temple Shokokuji School Rinzai Sect 7th abbot
Chairman of the Kyoto Buddhist Association, Director of the Japan Foundation
Descendant of the Arima family (Akamatsu lineage), lords of Kurume
(Born in Tokyo into an aristocratic family, he became a schoolmate of the Emperor.)
Born in Tokyo in 1943 as the second son of Baron Masayoshi Arima, a cousin of Arima Yorinari, the head of the Arima family.
In 1941, at the age of 8, he was ordained at Gakurinji Temple in Hita City, Oita Prefecture.
In 1955, at the age of 22, he entered the Rinzai sect of Buddhism at the Sokokuji temple in Kyoto and studied under Master Otsu Tatsudo.
1968: Head priest of Daikomyo-ji Temple, a subtemple of Shokoku-ji Temple
1971 Dean of Shokokuji School of Education
In 1984, he became the Secretary General of the Shokokuji Jotenkaku Museum of Art upon its establishment.
In 1988, he became the chairman of the Kyoto Buddhist Association.
In 1995, he became the seventh head priest of the Rinzai sect of Buddhism at Shokoku-ji Temple (the 132nd head priest at Shokoku-ji Temple).
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[Masayoshi Okuda (real name Masanori)]
Born on November 22, 1946 in Takayama-cho, Ikoma City, Nara Prefecture
In 1966, he studied under his master (the previous master) as a tea whisk and tea scoop maker.
For the next 38 years, he has devoted himself to this path.
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Material: Antique soot wood
Box: Wooden box