Susutake Chago Tea Scoop #2 papier mâché daruma These days highly skilled artisans

These days highly skilled artisans each perform different steps for completing one single piece of lacquerware

In 1980 her work was selected for the Kyoto Prefectural Traditional Crafts Exhibition

simple forms and primarily produces tea utensils

She hailed from a family of woodworkers

Ozaki-ware and Nakamachi-ware

Susutake Chago Tea Scoop #2 papier mâché daruma These days highly skilled artisans*SHIPPING OPTIONS VARY DEPENDING ON THE DESTINATION, PLEASE SCROLL TO THE END OF THIS LISTING FOR MORE DETAILS. This listing is for a Takayama susutake smoked bamboo chago. A chago is a scoop for taking tea leaves from a chatsubo. They are generally made of bamboo and shaped like half a cylinder. The bamboo used for this particular chago gets its name from the colour of bamboo roofing in old thatched roof minka. Over time, bamboo roofing beams become