Bamboo Chashaku Tea Scoop — Takugan 525th Daitokuji Abbot, Spring Haze

Smoked bamboo chashaku inscribed "Harugasumi" (Spring Haze) by Takugan, the 525th abbot of Daitokuji — a tea scoop for collectors seeking named chashaku, Daitokuji-provenance tea ceremony objects, and bamboo tea scoops with documented Zen lineage.

[ DETAILS ]
• Name: 茶杓 銘春霞 (Chashaku, Named "Harugasumi" / Spring Haze)
• Calligrapher: 大徳寺525世卓巖 (Takugan, 525th Head Abbot of Daitokuji)
• Dimensions: Chashaku L approx. 18.4 cm | Tube diameter approx. 2.6 cm
• Construction: Smoked bamboo scoop, bamboo tube case, paulownia box
• Condition: Fine dark patina; curve intact; inscriptions clear
• SKU: 260318_a_2518

[ CULTURAL CONTEXT ]
The chashaku is the most intimate of tea utensils — held in the hand to transfer powdered matcha from caddy to bowl, the gesture repeated across hundreds of ceremonies. A scoop named by a living or recent Daitokuji abbot carries something beyond provenance: it carries the authority of the Zen institution that has shaped Japanese tea culture since the fifteenth century. "Spring Haze" — Harugasumi — is the naming convention at its most precise. It invites the user to hold spring in their hand each time the scoop is lifted.

[ DEEP DIVE ]
Daitokuji temple in Kyoto has been intertwined with the culture of tea since Sen no Rikyū. Its abbots have long been called upon by tea masters to name scoops and utensils — a practice that transforms a functional object into a vessel of Zen thought. The 525th-generation succession represents continuity across centuries. The bamboo's smoked patina is not cosmetic; it results from the curing process that stabilizes the material and darkens its grain, giving each scoop a unique chromatic range.

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【日本語】
竹茶杓、銘「春霞」。大徳寺525世卓巖和尚の銘入り。竹筒・桐箱付。大徳寺管長の銘は茶道具の格を大きく高め、国内外の茶人・コレクターから高く評価されます。

🔹 [ SHIPPING & PACKAGING ]
• Dispatch: Within 1-6 business days
• Carrier: Japan Post EMS / UPS (with tracking)
• Packaging: Carefully wrapped with protective materials