Chashaku Tea Scoop for Tea Ceremony Two Toned w/ Tube & Box by Yuyu Channei 7" Buddhist Weight = 1

Weight = 1

Weight = 18lbs

Those items named Sho Chiku Bai are typically used to indicate grade/quality of themselves

made of solid Kiri (paulowina) wood

as if it may have been custom made for a merchant or artisan

Chashaku Tea Scoop for Tea Ceremony Two Toned w/ Tube & Box by Yuyu Channei 7" Buddhist Weight = 1This 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