Sometsuke (Blue and White pottery) Okegawa Mizusashi Container 祥堂 Shodo with Original Box (Tomobako) / Japanese tea-ceremony utensil V752 Domoto Insho 堂本印象 三島剛 Mishima Gō (1924-1988) Japanese

三島剛 Mishima Gō (1924-1988) Japanese art Lithograph From "Mishima Gō gashū Wakamono" 三島剛画集 若者 (Mishima Go Book of Pictures of Young Men)  NW254

中原南天棒 Nakahra Nantenbo (1839-1925)A Zen monk of the late Edo and Taisho periods

among dewdrops sheltered by green leaves- a little cuckoo cries

Inside size : 34" W x 10

Material : Wood

Sometsuke (Blue and White pottery) Okegawa Mizusashi Container 祥堂 Shodo with Original Box (Tomobako) / Japanese tea-ceremony utensil V752 Domoto Insho 堂本印象 三島剛 Mishima Gō (1924-1988) JapaneseDescription Sometsuke (Blue and White pottery) Okegawa Mizusashi Container Shodo with Original Box (Tomobako) Japanese tea ceremony utensil V752 This water jar is painted in white and blue. It is used to store water for adding water to the tea kettle and for washing tea bowls and tea whisks in the tea ceremony. Okegawa literally means the side of the tub. The name comes from the vertical stripes on the body, which are reminiscent of the side of a tub.