Physical Object / Tea caddy for thin tea with cherry, maple, and flowing water motif

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Title: Tea caddy for thin tea with cherry, maple, and flowing water motif
Creator: Unknown
Contributing Institution: California State University, Sacramento Library
Collection: Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
Rights Information: Please contact the contributing institution for more information regarding the copyright status of this object.
Description: Unkin literally means "clouds and brocade." This phrase likens cherry blossoms to clouds and colored maples leaves to brocade. Elements of another much loved motif, hana ikada or flowers drifting downstream on a raft, also appear. Both these motifs carry a strong sense of evanescence and the swift passage of time.
Type: physical object
Format: 2 1/2"h x 2 1/2" dia
Wood, lacquer
Identifier: 2005.05.0113
46
Mizuya
598.cpd
http://csus.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/teaware/id/597
Subject: Natsume
Japanese tea ceremony
Tea caddies
Tea making paraphernalia
Relation: Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection

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