A tea caddy. It is so named because of its wide mouth and the large size of its contents. Formerly, this type of tea container was called uchikai, and its smaller version was called kouchikai, but Kobori Enshu changed the name to ookai and kouchikai. Since it is too large to be used as a tea container, it used to be used for storing matcha in the tea room, and matcha was transferred from the large container to eggplant, bunrin, or round pots. The following are some of the most famous oumi used in tea ceremony books since ancient times. The following are some of the famous karamono oumi from ancient times that are mentioned in tea ceremony books: Utsugi, Yashima, Yamazakura, Yaezakura, Karamono oumi (owned by Tsuchiya Samon, Koide family), Karamono oumi (owned by Kobori Enshu, Murayama family), Shikishima, Otori, Yaezakura, Okimon, Setsuki, Hikiguchi, Kanamori in Kosedo, and Kuchiki, Kokyoji, Shindo, Kakugura, Senzoin, Tomoshoen, Karamono oumi (presented by Abe Bichu-mori to the shogunate), and others whose extant or unknown are Kuchiki, Koukyouji, Shindo, Kakugura, Senzoin, Tomoshoen, Karamono oumi The Manzai Daikai was destroyed by fire at Honnoji Temple when it was in the possession of Oda Nobunaga.
