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Natsume 棗 or usucha-ki 薄茶器 (caddies for thin tea) |
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Natsume are containers for thin tea used in the tea ceremony. They are typically made of lacquered wood and have a number of traditional shapes—see Chaki Types and Styles for a partial listing. For more information see JAANUS: natsume or Chado Encyclopedia: Natsume. |
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Creator: Unknown. Description: lacquered wood natsume with a maki-e pattern of gold pines and plum blossoms on a black background and a crimson interior; chū-natsume shape; unmarked. Subject: Japanese tea ceremony. Subject: Tea caddies. Subject: Lacquer and lacquering—Japan. Style.Period: Modern. Material.Medium: lacquered wood. Measurements: width 2.7 in., height 2 in. Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.) Rights: C. J. Campbell. Record Type: work. |
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Creator: Unknown. Description: lacquered wood natsume with a maki-e pattern of autumn grassess— akikusa 秋草—on a black background; chū-natsume shape; unmarked. Subject: Japanese tea ceremony. Subject: Tea caddies. Subject: Lacquer and lacquering—Japan. Style.Period: Modern. Material.Medium: lacquered wood. Measurements: width 2.4 in., height 2.25 in. Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.) Rights: C. J. Campbell. Record Type: work. |
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Creator: Unknown. Description: lacquered wood natsume with a maki-e pattern of gold bamboo and red/gold paulownia leaves on a black background; chū-natsume shape; unmarked. Subject: Japanese tea ceremony. Subject: Tea caddies. Subject: Lacquer and lacquering—Japan. Style.Period: Modern. Material.Medium: lacquered wood. Measurements: width 3.1 in., height 2.3 in. Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.) Rights: C. J. Campbell. Record Type: work. |
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Creator: 宗春 Creator: Sōshun. Description: lacquered wood natsume with a maki-e pattern of gold weeping willows and cherry blossoms (yanagi sakura 柳桜) on a black background; chū-natsume shape; enclosed in the original signed and stamped wooden storage box (tomobako). Subject: Japanese tea ceremony. Subject: Tea caddies. Subject: Lacquer and lacquering—Japan. Style.Period: Modern. Material.Medium: lacquered wood. Measurements: width 2.4 in., height 2.4 in. Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.) Rights: C. J. Campbell. Record Type: work. |
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Creator: Unknown. Description: lacquered red and black wood tea caddy (natsume); fubuki shape; unmarked. Subject: Japanese tea ceremony. Subject: Tea caddies. Subject: Lacquer and lacquering—Japan. Style.Period: Modern. Material.Medium: lacquered wood. Measurements: width 2.6 in., height 2.8 in. Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.) Rights: C. J. Campbell. Record Type: work. |
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Creator: Unknown. Description: red lacquered wood tea caddy (natsume) with cherry blossom design on lid; ō-natsume shape;; unmarked. Subject: Japanese tea ceremony. Subject: Tea caddies. Subject: Lacquer and lacquering—Japan. Style.Period: Modern. Material.Medium: lacquered wood. Measurements: width 2.6 in., height 2.8 in. Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.) Rights: C. J. Campbell. Record Type: work. |
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Creator: Unknown. Description: carved lacquer tea caddy (natsume) with a hibiscus design; Ryukyu (Okinawa Prefecture) style lacquer work; ō-natsume shape; unmarked. Subject: Japanese tea ceremony. Subject: Tea caddies. Subject: Lacquer and lacquering—Japan. Style.Period: Modern. Material.Medium: lacquered wood. Measurements: width 2.8 in., height 2.9 in. Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.) Rights: C. J. Campbell. Record Type: work. |
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Creator: Unknown. Description: lacquer tea caddy (natsume); ko-aka style; unmarked. Subject: Japanese tea ceremony. Subject: Tea caddies. Subject: Lacquer and lacquering—Japan. Style.Period: Modern. Material.Medium: lacquered wood. Measurements: diameter 3 in., height 1.9 in. Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.) Rights: C. J. Campbell. Record Type: work. |
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Creator: Unknown. Description: lacquer tea caddy (natsume)with a nandina (南天) design on lid and sides; ō-natsume shape; unmarked. Subject: Japanese tea ceremony. Subject: Tea caddies. Subject: Lacquer and lacquering—Japan. Style.Period: Modern. Material.Medium: lacquered wood. Measurements: diameter 2.6 in., height 2.7 in. Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.) Rights: C. J. Campbell. Record Type: work. |
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Creator: Unknown. Description: red lacquer tea caddy (natsume)with a design of plants on lid and sides; ō-natsume shape; unmarked. Subject: Japanese tea ceremony. Subject: Tea caddies. Subject: Lacquer and lacquering—Japan. Style.Period: Modern. Material.Medium: lacquered wood. Measurements: diameter 2.75 in., height 2.75 in. Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.) Rights: C. J. Campbell. Record Type: work. |
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Creator: Unidentified. Description: plain flat Japanese cypress wood (hinoki) tea caddy (natsume); hira-natsume shape; with signed tomobako. Subject: Japanese tea ceremony. Subject: Tea caddies. Subject: Lacquer and lacquering—Japan. Style.Period: Modern. Material.Medium: wood. Measurements: diameter 2.9 in., height 1.8 in. Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.) Rights: C. J. Campbell. Record Type: work. |
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吉田実応. Creator.Personal Name: Yoshida Miō. Description: lacquered wood tea caddy (natsume); hyōtan (gourd) shape; with signed tomobako. Subject: Japanese tea ceremony. Subject: Tea caddies. Subject: Lacquer and lacquering—Japan. Style.Period: Modern. Material.Medium: wood. Measurements: height 3 in. Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.) Rights: C. J. Campbell. Record Type: work. |
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Creator.Name: Unknown. Description: red lacquered wood tea caddy (natsume) with gold maki-e floral design; chū-natsume (medium size jujube fruit) shape; unmarked. Subject: Japanese tea ceremony. Subject: Tea caddies. Subject: Lacquer and lacquering—Japan. Style.Period: Modern. Material.Medium: wood. Measurements: diameter 2.5 in., height 2.75 in. Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.) Rights: C. J. Campbell. Record Type: work. |
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Creator.Name: Unknown. Description: red lacquered wood tea caddy (natsume); hinomaru (rising sun) shape; unmarked. Subject: Japanese tea ceremony. Subject: Tea caddies. Subject: Lacquer and lacquering—Japan. Style.Period: Modern. Material.Medium: wood. Measurements: diameter 2.6 in., height 2.5 in. Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.) Rights: C. J. Campbell. Record Type: work. |
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Creator.Name: Unknown. Description: lacquered wood tea caddy (natsume); oi-matsu (hinged lid) shape; unmarked. Subject: Japanese tea ceremony. Subject: Tea caddies. Subject: Lacquer and lacquering—Japan. Style.Period: Modern. Material.Medium: wood. Measurements: diameter 3.1 in., height 2.1 in. Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.) Rights: C. J. Campbell. Record Type: work. |
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Creator.Name: Unknown. Description: red lacquered wood tea caddy (natsume) with gold maki-e bamboo design; ō-natsume (large jujube fruit) shape; unmarked. Subject: Japanese tea ceremony. Subject: Tea caddies. Subject: Lacquer and lacquering—Japan. Style.Period: Modern. Material.Medium: wood. Measurements: diameter 2.5 in., height 2.75 in. Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.) Rights: C. J. Campbell. Record Type: work. |
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Creator.Personal Name: 通喜. Creator.Personal Name: Tsūki. Description: black lacquered wood tea caddy (natsume) with gold maki-e mesh design; chū-natsume (medium jujube fruit) shape; with signed tomobako. Subject: Japanese tea ceremony. Subject: Tea caddies. Subject: Lacquer and lacquering—Japan. Style.Period: Modern. Material.Medium: wood. Measurements: diameter 2.6 in., height 2.5 in. Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.) Rights: C. J. Campbell. Record Type: work. |
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筑城筑良, 1951- Creator.Personal Name: Tsukushiro Tsukuryo, 1951- Description: red lacquered wood tea caddy (natsume) with gold maki-e design of horsetail or scouring rushes (tokusa 木賊); chū-natsume (medium jujube fruit) shape; with signed tomobako. Subject: Japanese tea ceremony. Subject: Tea caddies. Subject: Lacquer and lacquering—Japan. Style.Period: Modern. Material.Medium: wood. Measurements: diameter 2.6 in., height 2.7 in. Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.) Rights: C. J. Campbell. Record Type: work. |
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Creator: Unknown. Description: clear lacquered Amur cork wood tea caddy (natsume) with gold maki-e design of ginko leaves; hira-natsume (flat) shape; unmarked. Subject: Japanese tea ceremony. Subject: Tea caddies. Subject: Lacquer and lacquering—Japan. Style.Period: Modern. Material.Medium: wood. Measurements: diameter 2.95 in., height 1.9 in. Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.) Rights: C. J. Campbell. Record Type: work. |
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Creator.Personal Name: 湖彩. Creator.Personal Name: Kosai. Description: black lacquered wood tea caddy (natsume) with gold chinkin 沈金 design of a chrysanthemum; hira-natsume (flat) shape; unmarked; with signed tomobako. Subject: Japanese tea ceremony. Subject: Tea caddies. Subject: Lacquer and lacquering—Japan. Style.Period: Modern. Material.Medium: wood. Measurements: diameter 2.95 in., height 2.17 in. Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.) Rights: C. J. Campbell. Record Type: work. |
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荒井喜峰*. Creator.Personal Name: Arai Kihō*. Description: black lacquered wood tea caddy (natsume) with gold maki-e design of a weeping willow; chū-natsume (medium sized jujube fruit shape); unmarked; with signed tomobako. Subject: Japanese tea ceremony. Subject: Tea caddies. Subject: Lacquer and lacquering—Japan. Style.Period: Modern. Material.Medium: wood. Measurements: diameter 2.5 in., height 2.5 in. Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.) Rights: C. J. Campbell. Record Type: work. * Arai Kihō is well-known as a traditional Wajima lacquerer. |
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Creator.Personal Name: Unknown. Description: red lacquered wood tea caddy (natsume) with colored maki-e design of a cherry tree and moon; fubuki shape with beveled edge on lid; unmarked. Subject: Japanese tea ceremony. Subject: Tea caddies. Subject: Lacquer and lacquering—Japan. Style.Period: Modern. Material.Medium: wood. Measurements: diameter 2.75 in., height 2.75 in. Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.) Rights: C. J. Campbell. Record Type: work. * Tantansai`s (淡々斎, 1893-1964) favorite plum and moon design for a natsume. He was the 14th generation in the line of Urasenke(裏千家) tea masters. |
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Creator.Personal Name: Unknown. Description: black Yakumo lacquer ware (八雲塗) tea caddy (natsume) with aoi inlay and maki-e design of a willow tree; ō-natsume shape (large jujube fruit); unidentified mark nside the lid; with tomobako. Subject: Japanese tea ceremony. Subject: Tea caddies. Subject: Lacquer and lacquering—Japan. Style.Period: Modern. Material.Medium: wood. Measurements: diameter 3.1 in., height 3.1 in. Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.) Rights: C. J. Campbell. Record Type: work. |
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岡本陽斎. Creator.Personal Name: Okamoto Yosai. Description: lacquer ware tea caddy (natsume) with two lids: aoi inlay and maki-e design of a plum tree in blossom and a chrysanthemum flower; chū-natsume (medium sized jujube fruit shape); with tomobako. Subject: Japanese tea ceremony. Subject: Tea caddies. Subject: Lacquer and lacquering—Japan. Style.Period: Modern. Material.Medium: wood. Measurements: diameter 3.5 in., height 2.4 in. Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.) Rights: C. J. Campbell. Record Type: work. |
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