Ito Keiraku Tannyu ‘Yamaji no Yuki’ Chawan Japanese tea whisk and the opening is wide

and the opening is wide enough to accommodate a small arrangement of thin stemmed flowers

and in 1986 he exhibited at the Kyoto Nomura Fine Arts Exhibition

It is hand-carved from a single block of camphor wood and the exterior has been coated in vermillion coloured lacquer

His first breakthrough was in 1968 when he received the Hokkoku Shimbun Cultural Award

Ito Keiraku Tannyu ‘Yamaji no Yuki’ Chawan Japanese tea whisk and the opening is wide*SHIPPING OPTIONS VARY DEPENDING ON THE DESTINATION, PLEASE SCROLL TO THE END OF THIS LISTING FOR MORE DETAILS. This listing is for a splendid Tannyu utsushi chawan made around 5 years ago by noted potter, Ito Keiraku. It is hand turned and a reinterpretation of Tannyus Yamaji no Yuki chawan. Yamaji no Yuki translates as mountain road snow, and was a tea bowl made by Tannyu during the Edo Period. It is coated in glossy black glaze and has a line of