{"product_id":"kokegoromo-zen-temple-tea-scoop-chashaku-named-by-hotoku-zenji-priest","title":"Kokegoromo Zen Temple Tea Scoop - Chashaku Named by Hotoku Zenji Priest","description":"Experience authentic Japanese tea ceremony tools with this Kokegoromo Zen Temple Tea Scoop. This Chashaku Named Scoop serves as a Zen Priest Utensil and Matcha Tea Piece, featuring Natural Bamboo Node and Temple Calligraphy—a must-have for any Tea Practitioner seeking Wabi Sabi Teaware and Kyoto Zen Culture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ BASIC DETAILS ]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e• Named by: Zen priest of Shingozan Hotoku Zenji (神護山 芳徳禅寺)\u003cbr\u003e• Poetic Name (銘): Kokegoromo — 苔衣 — \"Moss Robe\"\u003cbr\u003e• Material: Natural bamboo with visible node\u003cbr\u003e• Length: Approx. 18 cm\u003cbr\u003e• Era: 2010s\u003cbr\u003e• Origin: Kyoto, Japan\u003cbr\u003e• Includes: Bamboo tube case (共筒); paulownia wood storage box (共箱) with temple calligraphy and seal; printed temple pamphlet with photograph and history of Hotoku Zenji\u003cbr\u003e• Condition: Excellent — clean carving, natural bamboo grain and node intact, no damage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ CULTURAL \u0026amp; ARTISTIC INSIGHT ]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMoss does not arrive. It accumulates. Layer upon layer, season upon season, until stone is no longer stone alone but stone-wearing-time. To name a tea scoop \"Kokegoromo\" — Moss Robe — is to acknowledge this unhurried transformation. The object carries the presence of a temple garden where moss is not decoration but evidence of patience.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe naming by a Zen priest of Hotoku Zenji is significant. When a priest inscribes a mei upon a chashaku, the scoop absorbs the spiritual lineage of the temple itself. It becomes a portable fragment of that particular silence — the garden, the meditation hall, the sound of water through moss-covered stone.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe natural bamboo node visible on this scoop is not incidental. In chashaku carving, the node (fushi) is the structural and aesthetic center of the piece. Its placement determines the scoop's balance, its visual weight, its character. Here, the node sits prominently, grounding the scoop's identity in the raw honesty of the material.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*\"Moss asks nothing of the stone. It simply stays.\"*\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ DEEP-DIVE COMMENTARY ]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**Hotoku Zenji and Provenance**: Hotoku Zenji (芳徳禅寺) is a Zen temple whose spiritual authority is reflected in the calligraphy and seal adorning the tomobako. The inclusion of a printed temple pamphlet — featuring a photograph and historical text — provides a documentary connection between the object and its place of naming. This level of provenance documentation is uncommon and valuable to collectors who understand that a chashaku's meaning derives as much from its spiritual origin as from its physical form.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**The Poetics of Moss**: The name \"Kokegoromo\" draws from the deep well of Japanese nature poetry. Moss (苔, koke) appears throughout waka and haiku as a symbol of the passage of time made visible — not as decay, but as accumulation and quiet endurance. The addition of \"koromo\" (衣, robe) personifies this process: moss as clothing, time as garment, the earth dressed in its own patient becoming.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**Natural Bamboo Character**: Natural bamboo, unsmoked and untreated, offers a different quality than aged susudake. Its pale surface and clean grain speak of the present moment — a beginning, not a culmination. Over years of handling during tea practice, this bamboo will develop its own warmth and tone, recording the hands that have held it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**Temple-Certified Presentation**: The complete archival presentation — scoop, tube, box with temple seal, and documentary pamphlet — establishes this piece as a temple-certified tea utensil. For the collector, it offers not merely an object but an entry point into a specific Zen lineage and aesthetic tradition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ 日本語解説 ]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e【基本情報】\u003cbr\u003e• 銘付: 神護山 芳徳禅寺 住職\u003cbr\u003e• 銘: 苔衣（こけごろも）\u003cbr\u003e• 素材: 白竹（節あり）\u003cbr\u003e• 長さ: 約18cm\u003cbr\u003e• 付属: 共筒・共箱（寺院書付・落款入り）・芳徳禅寺の案内パンフレット（寺院写真・沿革入り）\u003cbr\u003e• 状態: 良好 — 清潔な削り、自然な竹の節と木目が美しく残る\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e【解説】\u003cbr\u003e「苔衣」——苔は到着するものではなく、堆積するものです。石がもはや石だけではなくなり、時を纏った存在になるまでの、気の遠くなるような変容。禅寺の住職がこの名を授けた茶杓には、庭の苔が語るのと同じ静寂の時間が宿っています。\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e芳徳禅寺の書付と落款が添えられた共箱、さらに寺院の案内パンフレットが揃う完全な来歴は、茶杓の精神的出自を証する貴重な記録です。白竹の清廉な姿は、使い込むほどに手の温もりを記憶し、持ち主とともに時を重ねてゆきます。\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*Moss asks nothing of the stone. It simply stays.*","brand":"The Modern Zen Archive","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":61591700799858,"sku":"260113_a_1510","price":940.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/5680\/3698\/files\/m56240602714_1.jpg?v=1770955199","url":"https:\/\/checkout.themodernzenarchive.com\/products\/kokegoromo-zen-temple-tea-scoop-chashaku-named-by-hotoku-zenji-priest","provider":"The Modern Zen Archive","version":"1.0","type":"link"}