{"product_id":"tachibana-daikame-kakitsuke-susudake-chashaku-shofuku-mei-smoked-bamboo-tea-scoop","title":"Tachibana Daikame Kakitsuke Susudake Chashaku Shofuku Mei Smoked Bamboo Tea Scoop","description":"Tachibana Daikame Kakitsuke Susudake Chashaku — Mei \"Shofuku\" (Inviting Fortune), Smoked Bamboo Tea Scoop. A susudake chashaku with inscription by the legendary Daitokuji Zen abbot who lived to 107. This Japanese tea ceremony utensil carries deep honey-amber tones born from centuries beneath a thatched roof. Crafted by Chokosai, this signed bamboo tea scoop embodies zen calligraphy and includes a provenance photograph of the master inscribing this piece.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ BASIC DETAILS ]\u003cbr\u003e• Mei (銘): Shofuku (招福) — Inviting Fortune\u003cbr\u003e• Calligrapher: Tachibana Daikame (立花大亀, 1899–2005), Daitokuji 511th Abbot\u003cbr\u003e• Maker: Chokosai (長好斎)\u003cbr\u003e• Length: Approximately 19 cm\u003cbr\u003e• Material: Susudake (煤竹) — smoked bamboo aged 100–200 years in traditional thatched roofing\u003cbr\u003e• Color: Deep honey-amber with visible grain patterns\u003cbr\u003e• Accompaniments: Tomobako (signed box) with \"招福\" calligraphy, tomozutsu (inscribed bamboo tube), outer paper box\u003cbr\u003e• Provenance: Includes photograph of Tachibana Daikame inscribing this tea scoop\u003cbr\u003e• Condition: Consistent with age; beautifully preserved\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ CULTURAL \u0026amp; ARTISTIC INSIGHT ]\u003cbr\u003eSusudake is bamboo that has absorbed a century or more of wood smoke in the rafters of a traditional Japanese farmhouse (kayabuki). When the roof is finally replaced, this bamboo — darkened, hardened, irrevocably transformed — becomes material of profound cultural weight. It cannot be manufactured. It cannot be replicated. Each piece carries the domestic life of generations within its grain.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThat Tachibana Daikame chose to inscribe \"Shofuku\" upon this material is an act of layered intention. Fortune is not promised — it is invited. The calligraphy does not shout; it opens a door.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ DEEP-DIVE COMMENTARY ]\u003cbr\u003eEnclosed within the inner box is a photograph showing Tachibana Daikame in the act of inscribing this tea scoop. In the world of chado, such documentary evidence is exceptionally uncommon. It collapses the distance between object and authorship — you hold the scoop, and you see the hand that named it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDaikame's brushwork at this stage of his life carried the economy of someone who had written ten thousand characters and arrived at the ones that mattered. The susudake itself speaks through its amber depth — a warmth that no kiln can produce, only time and smoke and patience.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[ JAPANESE DESCRIPTION \/ 日本語解説 ]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔸 [ 基本情報 ]\u003cbr\u003e• 銘：招福（しょうふく）\u003cbr\u003e• 書付：立花大亀老師（大徳寺第511世住持、1899–2005）\u003cbr\u003e• 作者：長好斎\u003cbr\u003e• 寸法：杓の長さ 約19cm\u003cbr\u003e• 素材：煤竹（すすだけ）— 伝統的な茅葺き屋根の下で100〜200年燻された竹\u003cbr\u003e• 色調：深い蜂蜜琥珀色、木目が美しく浮き出る\u003cbr\u003e• 付属品：共箱（「招福」の書付）、共筒（書付入り）、紙箱外箱\u003cbr\u003e• 来歴資料：立花大亀老師が本品に筆を入れている写真同封\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔸 [ 文化的背景 ]\u003cbr\u003e煤竹とは、茅葺き屋根の下で百年以上の歳月をかけて囲炉裏の煙に燻された竹のことです。人工的に再現することはできません。屋根の葺き替え時にのみ世に出る素材であり、その木目には何世代もの暮らしの記憶が刻まれています。\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e立花大亀老師がこの煤竹に「招福」と銘じたことには、深い意図の密度が感じられます。福は約束されるものではなく、招くもの。その書は声高ではなく、静かに扉を開くような筆致です。\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔸 [ 解説 ]\u003cbr\u003e内箱には、立花大亀老師がまさにこの茶杓に筆を入れている瞬間の写真が同封されています。茶道具においてこのような記録が残されていることは極めて稀であり、作品と作り手の距離を一気に縮める貴重な存在です。\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":61615553380722,"sku":"260222_a_2052","price":3410.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/5680\/3698\/files\/m73701543713_1.jpg?v=1771813790","url":"https:\/\/checkout.themodernzenarchive.com\/products\/tachibana-daikame-kakitsuke-susudake-chashaku-shofuku-mei-smoked-bamboo-tea-scoop","provider":"The Modern Zen Archive","version":"1.0","type":"link"}