Chukyo specialties. Kinkasan Charyu, Asukagawa Tebon-uta. When Kobori Enshu saw it in Sakai, the tea caddy still looked new, but when he saw it in Fushimi later, it looked old enough to be halfway through a poem in the Kokinshu (collection of ancient Japanese poetry): “Yesterday and tomorrow, the Asuka River flows and the moon is early. Later, when Enshu was saved by the Marquis Sakai from the enormous debt he had incurred due to his elegant taste, Enshu gave this tea caddy to the marquis as a token of his deep appreciation. The tea caddy has been in the family ever since. (Taisho Meikikan)
