Tea Ceremony Utensil: Incense Container - Kabuto (Helmet), Made by Shoami Takano of Kyoto ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ■ Artist: Shoami Takano, the second generation of Warakuan, a ceramic artist of Obaku style. 【 Artist's Biography 】 Born in Kyoto in 1941. After graduating from Kyoto City University of Arts in 1966, he trained under the first generation Shoami (founded in 1930). In 1980, he held a 50th-anniversary exhibition with the first generation. Became the second generation in 1993. Held the Shoami Workshop Exhibition in Kyoto in 1996. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ・Dimensions: 7.8 x 6.8 x height 5.0 cm. ・Remarks: Comes with a matching box.