Portable tea set (chabako) named Setsugekka

Object Details

• Artist

  Hiki Ikkan XIV (Japan, 1894-1977)

• Description

  Red lacquered chabako named Setsugekka that bears the cipher of Sen Soshitsu XIV, Tantansai (1893-1964). Accompanying accessories include black raku teabowl, Bizen teabowl, black lacquered natsume, nodate tea whisk, black bamboo tea scoop and holder, kobukusa with Setsugekka patterns, silk pouches in Tantansai-preferred patterns, etc.

• Collection

  Freer Study Collection

• Origin

  Japan

• Credit Line

  The Kinsey Chanoyu Collection, Gift of Gregory Kinsey

• Type

  Vessel

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1910s, 1960s

• Name

  Hiki, Ikkan

• Place

  Japan

• Topic

  Art, Showa era (1926 - 1989), The Kinsey Chanoyu Collection, Japanese Art, Lacquer, Tea ceremony, Ceramics

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)