{"product_id":"bamboo-chashaku-tea-scoop-tsurezure-by-tankan-inscribed-by-hasegawa-kanshu-of-daitoku-ji","title":"Bamboo Chashaku Tea Scoop 'Tsurezure' — by Tankan, Inscribed by Hasegawa Kanshū of Daitoku-ji","description":"Experience Authentic Japan Art with this Japanese Tea Ceremony Chashaku. This Bamboo Tea Scoop serves as a Daitoku-ji Inscription piece and Zen Tea Ceremony Tool, featuring Tsurezure Mei Bamboo Craft and Tankan Artisan Work—a must-have for any Art Collector seeking Tea Utensil Collectibles and Kodo Bamboo Scoop history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ BASIC DETAILS ]\u003cbr\u003e• Artist: Tankan (淡完); inscription (kakitsuke) by Hasegawa Kanshū (長谷川寛州), Gyokurin-in sub-temple, Daitoku-ji, Murasakino, Kyoto\u003cbr\u003e• Technique: Hand-carved bamboo chashaku; kakitsuke inscription brushed on komatsu-zutsu\u003cbr\u003e• Era: 1990s–2006\u003cbr\u003e• Origin: Japan (Daitoku-ji, Murasakino, Kyoto)\u003cbr\u003e• Dimensions: Length approx. 18 cm\u003cbr\u003e• Box: Tomobako (signed wooden komatsu-zutsu bamboo tube) + outer cardboard storage box\u003cbr\u003e• Condition: Very good. Warm honey-amber patina throughout. Two minor age specks on scoop face; no cracks, no chips, no splits. Natural node intact mid-shaft.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ CULTURAL \u0026amp; ARTISTIC INSIGHT ]\u003cbr\u003eThe chashaku is among the most intimate of tea utensils — held in the hand for seconds, then laid to rest. Its mei (poetic name) carries the full weight of its function. Here, Tsurezure (つれづれ) invokes Yoshida Kenkō's fourteenth-century Tsurezuregusa: idle hours, the passage of unguarded time, a mind allowed to drift without destination. It is precisely the state tea ceremony is designed to enter.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe inscription comes from Hasegawa Kanshū of Gyokurin-in, a sub-temple within Daitoku-ji's walled compound in Murasakino, Kyoto — the epicenter of the Omotesenke and Urasenke lineages. A kakitsuke from a Daitoku-ji priest is not decorative; it is a provenance statement, confirming that this scoop passed through one of the institutions that defines the intellectual backbone of Japanese tea culture. The bamboo itself has aged to a warm amber, carrying the patina of decades in careful keeping.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ DEEP-DIVE COMMENTARY ]\u003cbr\u003eA chashaku is carved from a single piece of bamboo — ideally one that includes a natural node (fushi), which becomes the pivot point between handle and scoop. The node here sits cleanly mid-shaft, and the scoop curves with a restrained kakoi angle: neither too deep nor too flat, calibrated for matcha rather than performance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe komatsu-zutsu — the bamboo storage tube — is itself an artifact. Hasegawa Kanshū's calligraphy on its face reads「つれづれ」in confident, unhurried brushwork, with the artist's seal below. This is kakitsuke: a priest or tea master's written verification that lends the object cultural authority beyond the craft itself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDaitoku-ji has been intertwined with chanoyu since Sen no Rikyū's era. Its sub-temples — Kōtō-in, Daisen-in, Gyokurin-in among them — each maintain their own tea lineages, and inscriptions from their abbots carry institutional weight. Gyokurin-in is a working temple, not a museum annex; its endorsement places this scoop inside a living tradition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor collectors, the triad of carver, mei, and kakitsuke is the benchmark of a serious acquisition. Each element is present and legible here. The condition, including natural age marks on the scoop face that speak to genuine use rather than shelf storage, adds to rather than detracts from its biographical character.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTsurezuregusa opens with a line about a man alone at his inkstone, filling paper with whatever drifts through his mind. The act of tea, done properly, is the same surrender — to the moment, to the sound of water, to the weight of a bamboo scoop in the hand.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[ JAPANESE DESCRIPTION \/ 日本語解説 ]\u003cbr\u003e淡完作の茶杓に、紫野・大徳寺塔頭「玉林院」の長谷川寛州師による書付「つれづれ」を得た一品。銘は吉田兼好の『徒然草』に由来し、あてどなく流れる時間、茶の場に身を委ねる心の有り様そのものを指す。\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e共筒（竹製・小松筒）の面には寛州師の流麗な筆跡が走り、作家印を添える。大徳寺系の書付は単なる添え書きではなく、この茶杓が茶の湯の精神的な中枢を流れてきたことを示す来歴の証である。\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e竹は年月をへて温かみのある飴色に変化し、節を中心に柄から掬い部へのなだらかな曲線が、用の美として完成されている。掬い部に経年の小さな斑点が二点みられるが、割れ・欠け・ひび等の損傷はなく、状態は良好。\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e大徳寺と茶の湯の縁は利休の時代に遡る。玉林院はその塔頭の一つとして今も茶を生きた文化として継承しており、同院の書付はその伝統に連なる重みを持つ。作者・銘・書付の三要素が揃う茶杓は、蒐集家にとって一つの到達点ともいえる存在である。\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ SHIPPING \u0026amp; PACKAGING ]\u003cbr\u003e• Dispatch: Within 1-6 business days\u003cbr\u003e• Carrier: Japan Post EMS \/ UPS (with tracking)\u003cbr\u003e• Packaging: Carefully wrapped with protective materials","brand":"The Modern Zen Archive","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":61843718570354,"sku":"260511_a_2830","price":865.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/5680\/3698\/files\/m43639895339_1.jpg?v=1778469080","url":"https:\/\/checkout.themodernzenarchive.com\/products\/bamboo-chashaku-tea-scoop-tsurezure-by-tankan-inscribed-by-hasegawa-kanshu-of-daitoku-ji","provider":"The Modern Zen Archive","version":"1.0","type":"link"}