Bamboo Tea Scoop (Kobori Tairei / Inscribed “Chitose”)
40,000Yen(Tax Included)
It is an auspicious term symbolizing longevity, prosperity, continuity, and good fortune. Layered with the wishes for “lasting happiness” and the celebration of an “unchanging, steadfast heart,” it is especially fitting for a New Year’s gathering or an occasion honoring long life.
- Artist
- Kobori Tairei
- Length
- 18.0 cm
- Fittings
- Tomodutsu (Original Tube Container with the Artist’s Inscription)
Identification Box by Sokuchusai Sosa, the 13th Grand Master of the Omotesenke school
- Condition
- Good Condition
Sokuchusai Sosa, the 13th Grand Master of the Omotesenke school 1901 – 1979
Sokuchusai Sosa, the 13th Grand Master of the Omotesenke school, was born the second son of the 12th Grand Master, Seisai Sosa.
His given name was Kakujiro (later Sosa), and he bore the art names Sokuchusai, Mujin, and Seiyuken.
Because his elder brother, Fugensai Soin, passed away suddenly the year before their father’s death, he succeeded to the position of the 13th Grand Master of the Omotesenke school in 1937.
In 1940, he presided over the 350th memorial of Sen no Rikyu.
Although the outbreak of the Pacific War in 1941 brought severe stagnation to the world of tea, he remained devoted to preserving the classical forms and traditions of the Omotesenke lineage throughout the difficult postwar years.
He established the Omotesenke Domonkai Association and the Fushin’an Foundation, creating organizational foundations that would support both the dissemination of tea culture in the modern era and the transmission of tradition. He also launched the journal Domon. His major writings include Sokuchu Chaki, Omotesenke, Genpaku Sotan Monjo, and Senri Dofu. Through these efforts, he laid the groundwork for passing on the spirit and history of Omotesenke to future generations.