Meibutsususu (Chuko Meibutsu), passed down through the Hirase family
Chashaku (tea scoop)
This chashyaku is unusually thick and the oar tip is bent in a sharp manner. As promised, the tip of the oar is bent at the left shoulder, but the gutter from the joint to the top is clearly visible. This is where the name “waterfall” comes from. There are insect bites on the joints, and the left side of the joints is frayed from the bottom of the joints to near the cut end. This chashyaku has a strong individuality in contrast to the more mundane “Shofu” and other chashyaku with a more mundane appearance.
Tube
This is one of the most beautiful chashyudan tubes ever produced. The front of the cylinder is thinly chamfered, and the blackish mottling is like moss, giving the appearance of water falling from a waterfall onto a rock. The poor calligraphy of Sotan is written on the surface in a faltering manner, while the sides are handwritten by Gyokusyu.
Front: “Waterfall, Jikkusai” by Sotan, side: “Seated down, Tongue of a man under heaven” by Gyokshu
Attachment
Replacement case, with calligraphy by Hirase Roka
Inner box, Paulownia wood, with calligraphy “Chashyaku (tea scoop), by Sotan
Middle box, cedar, white wood, calligraphy “Sotan Waterfall Tea Spoon” by Takeo Yakura
With calligraphy on the reverse side of the same lid, with a note “Jyakusai Waterfalls” by Yakura Takeo
Box, Paulownia wood, with calligraphy by Rogin Toda, “Kaitotsutsu Hirase Roko-kun, for Munehan Goto, from the text ”Motoaku Sodan Chashyaku Waterfall
With calligraphy on the reverse side of the lid, “From the collection of Rogin Ryosetsu, Rogenan, passed down from the Yakura clan,” by Rogin Toda.
Letter from Motoaku Sotan to Mansotan
(From Mansodan, a disciple of Munehaku Sotan.)
Attached note, by Shinjuan Sogen, “Written by Gyokusyu Shohitsu,” etc.
Kyokufuda, by Ryoui Kohitsu
Postscript
According to the accompanying note by Sotan, this is the meaning of the Rozan Waterfall. Gyokusyuan was the 185th head of Daitokuji Temple, the successor of Gyokusyuan Sogaku, and his name was Soshuan.
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Yakura Kurachou (Waterfall, by Sen Sotan) Chashaku (tea scoop), one of the 300 most popular tea scoops in Japan
Dimensions
Chashaku
Length: 19.4 cm
width 0.6-1.0cm
Thickness 0.3cm
Cylinder
length 20.0 cm
Diameter 2.4cm
Letter from Sotan Motoaku to Mansodan
With a letter from Motoaku Sotan to Mansotan.
There is a waterfall at Rozan Waterfall.
The heat is also very hot. Genbaku Sotan
I am sure you can guess. I am afraid I am not at liberty to comment on this matter.
We are afraid and respectfully request your kind attention.
June 20/9
（”Manshu Banro is suspicious.
