{"product_id":"bamboo-tea-scoop-seifu-clear-wind-fujii-kaido-daitoku-ji-sangen-in","title":"Bamboo Tea Scoop 'Seifū' (Clear Wind) — Fujii Kaidō, Daitoku-ji Sangen-in","description":"A single white bamboo tea scoop, inscribed Seifū — Clear Wind — by Fujii Kaidō, head priest of Sangen-in, one of Daitoku-ji's most revered sub-temples in Kyoto's Murasakino district. The mei speaks not of weather but of mind: that state of transparent stillness the tea masters called no-mind, where intention dissolves into gesture. Kaidō's brushwork on the accompanying bamboo tube carries the same unhurried authority — ink laid down by a hand that has written ten thousand characters and forgotten them all. The scoop itself is kensaki-style, its pointed tip carving space from silence, its node sitting precisely at the midpoint like a breath held between inhale and exhale.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ BASIC DETAILS ]\u003cbr\u003e• Category: Chashaku (茶杓) — bamboo tea scoop for matcha preparation\u003cbr\u003e• Mei (銘): Seifū (清風) — \"Clear Wind\" \/ \"Pure Breeze\"\u003cbr\u003e• Inscriber: Fujii Kaidō (藤井誡堂), Head Priest of Daitoku-ji Sangen-in\u003cbr\u003e• Material: White bamboo (shiratake \/ 白竹)\u003cbr\u003e• Style: Kensaki (剣先) — pointed sword-tip scooping end\u003cbr\u003e• Node (fushi): Natural, positioned at midpoint\u003cbr\u003e• Era: Shōwa–Heisei\u003cbr\u003e• Origin: Kyoto, Japan\u003cbr\u003e• Dimensions: Length approx. 18.6 cm\u003cbr\u003e• Includes: Bamboo tube (tsutsu) with Kaidō's calligraphy and seal\u003cbr\u003e• Condition: Excellent — bamboo retains natural pale tone, no cracks or warping\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ CULTURAL \u0026amp; ARTISTIC INSIGHT ]\u003cbr\u003eIn the Zen tea tradition, the chashaku is the most personal utensil — the one object a tea master might carve with their own hands and name with their own poetic inscription. When a head priest of Daitoku-ji inscribes a scoop, he does not merely label it. He transmits. Sangen-in, founded in 1589 by Ishida Mitsunari, has housed generations of priests whose calligraphy has graced the tea rooms of Japan's most disciplined practitioners.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKaidō's inscription \"Seifū\" draws from a celebrated Zen phrase — 清風拂明月 (seifū futsu meigetsu) — \"the clear wind brushes the bright moon.\" It describes a condition of mutual arising: the wind does not chase the moon, the moon does not summon the wind. They simply meet.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA wind that carries nothing is the only wind that carries everything.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ DEEP-DIVE COMMENTARY ]\u003cbr\u003eThe shiratake (white bamboo) chosen for this scoop represents the classical material for chashaku — its pale surface accepts age with grace, slowly deepening to amber over decades of use. The kensaki tip shape, with its decisive point, belongs to a lineage of scoop forms that emphasize precision and clarity in the scooping motion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe single node at the midpoint is not incidental — it is the structural and aesthetic heart of the scoop, the point where the bamboo's own life force concentrated, now serving as the fulcrum of balance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe bamboo tube preserves Kaidō's calligraphy: 紫野山 八千石 誡堂 — identifying his mountain-name (Murasakino-yama), tea-name (Hassenseki), and dharma name. Every element — scoop, tube, inscription — forms a single coherent statement of Zen tea practice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ 日本語解説 ]\u003cbr\u003e大徳寺塔頭・三玄院の住職、藤井誡堂師による書付の茶杓「清風」。白竹を用いた剣先形の茶杓で、中節に自然な竹の表情が宿ります。共筒には「清風」の墨書と「紫野山 八千石 誡堂」の落款。\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e「清風」の銘は禅語「清風拂明月」に通じ、無心の境地を茶席にもたらす一本です。竹肌は白く清らかで、割れや歪みのない良好な状態を保っています。長さ約18.6cm。\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":61622146138482,"sku":"C1008","price":880.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/5680\/3698\/files\/m86629502744_1.jpg?v=1772108205","url":"https:\/\/checkout.themodernzenarchive.com\/products\/bamboo-tea-scoop-seifu-clear-wind-fujii-kaido-daitoku-ji-sangen-in","provider":"The Modern Zen Archive","version":"1.0","type":"link"}