Inherited by the Shimazu Family
Biography
Son of Sadataka, younger brother of Katagiri Katsugen. After his father’s death, he inherited 16,400 Sen from his father’s estate in Yamato-Kawachi, and lived in Koizumi, Yamato. In 1663, he built Jiko-in Temple in Koizumi and asked Tamashu to open the temple. In the same year, he and Funakoshi Iyomori were summoned by the 4th Shogun Ietsuna to hold a tea ceremony, and following Enshu’s example, the tea ceremony became the tea ceremony of Yanagi-ei.
The following year, at the age of 62, he was invited to Goseiin to teach the tea ceremony to the Gyōhōin Gyōzen Hōshin, and in his later years, he added a tea room with two tatami mats in Jikōin.
He died on November 20, 1673, at the age of 69.
Chashaku (tea scoop)
This chashaku is a representative work of Ishu chashaku. Although it is made of white bamboo, the black spots on the ottori part of the chashaku make a clear black-white border. The black part shows mottled patterns in shades of gray like maki-e, which is as beautiful as the clouds of Ariake.
The oar tip is short, and the vertical cut-off at the cut-off point is a promise.
Cylinder
The black-and-white superbly chamfered bamboo, the same bamboo as the ladle, is chamfered tightly like a warrior’s ladle, and the lower part of the ladle is more hollowed out and hollowed down. Together with Enshu’s “kurumai” and Shokan’s “Sho no ji” (the character for “general”), this is one of the three main roles of a daimyo’s ladle. The calligraphy of “Ariake” is superb, and the kuchiin hanaoshi is rare and has never been seen before.
Attachment
Inner box, paulownia wood, with calligraphy “Ariake no Ochashyaku by Katagiri Ishu
Outer box, paulownia wood, with calligraphy by Takahashi Broomian, “Chashyaku by Sosekiji, Mein Ariake
With calligraphy on the reverse side of the lid, “October, 1929, Yoshitatsu Suegaku, Takahashi Broom-an Shiki”.
Two poems by Soseki Soseki on the wrapping paper: “Teika Akebono no Chashyaku: Omohu wo Tare ni Eitete Nokoshika Oka Musuiro ni Amaru Haru no Akebono Ariake no Chashyaku: Let the sky carry the moon’s rays in Ariake,” by Shimizu Dokei, unknown author.
Attached letter by Shimizu Dokei: “I see the chashaku by Lord Ishizhu and find it exceptionally beautiful, with the correct workmanship and the inscription on the tube.
One copy of the “Kyokufuda” card
Listed in
Chashaku (tea ladle), one of the 300 selections
Dimensions
Chashaku
Length: 19.4 cm
Width 0.5-0.95 cm
Thickness 0.3cm
Cylinder
length 20.1cm
diameter 2.5cm
