From my mother-in-law's storage: I'm listing this first, as it seems she intended to use it as a gift. However, it turned out there were three of these in storage, and this one is in particularly good condition despite the passage of many years. I gently wiped away any dirt with gauze. Around the time she started enjoying tea ceremonies in her 50s, she spent over a decade caring for her mother in Kyushu, away from Tokyo. After her mother passed away, she returned home. A few years later, she developed dementia. About ten years after her passing, I began to organize her storage, and I struggled with many tea utensils where the original boxes and contents were separated. This item will be delivered in a sturdy separate box because the original box had aged and become damaged over time. The striped lines reflected in the photo of the rice container are not scratches. Both the exterior and interior are very clean.