Chashaku Tea Scoop for Tea Ceremony Two Toned w/ Tube & Box by Yuyu Channei 7"

This is a used Chashaku previously owned by a frequent tea practitioner. Includes tube and signed box. The outer bamboo is a dark smoky bamboo.Usually taken from the rafters of old houses. Soot from the the charcoal fires used inside the house slowly permeates the bamboo surface coloring the bamboo a deep brown color that takes over 100 years to develop. When the rafters are replaced Artisans take this precious resource and craft it into many beautiful objects. The box front reads,"with tea" the back lid reads, "maid by Yuyu Chanei in August of the 60th year of Showa (1985)

The Chashaku is the simple bamboo tea scoop used to transfer powdered green tea from the caddie to the tea bowl during tea ceremony. As it’s function is one of the most pivotal points in the ritual, it occupies a special roll as a work of art within itself.

Specialized craftsmen and tea masters themselves carve these out of specially selected bamboo. They then carve a tube from bamboo to store it in and usually a kiri wood box to store the tube in. These tubes, boxes or both are then signed by the craftsmen. If the Chashaku is special than it is named by the craftsmen or the practitioner and that name is written on the tube or box.