Physical Object / Winter hearth in mulberry wood

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Title: Winter hearth in mulberry wood
Creator: Unknown
Contributing Institution: California State University, Sacramento Library
Collection: Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
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Description: Winter hearth (okiro) designed to be used in circumstances when the ro cannot be set flush in the tatami floor. It is placed in the same position within the tearoom as the sunken hearth but stands on top of the tatami.
Type: physical object
Format: 15 3/4" square
Wood; Metal
Identifier: 2005.05.0142
OS
746.cpd
http://csus.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/teaware/id/745
Subject: Okiro
Japanese tea ceremony
Tea making paraphernalia
Relation: Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection

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