This is a design for the Tango no Sekku (Boys' Day) festival, with a helmet and sword painted in colors, as the name "Satsuki" (May) suggests. The accompanying box has the inscription "Ninsei-utsushi Chawan" (Ninsei-style tea bowl) on the lid's surface and "Twelve Months, Satsuki, Zengo-ro zo" (Made by Zengo-ro) on the underside of the lid. It is one of the tea bowls that remain from a set of twelve, representing the twelve months. Myozen primarily used the seal of her late husband, the 14th Tokuzen, but this work bears the seal of "Kahinteiryu." This seal belonged to the 13th Kaisen (Sōzaburō Nishimura), and it is believed that this work was made using that seal *Photos ③-④. The string is the original string from the Eiraku family and is in its original condition (approximately 100 years old), so there is some aging. No scratches or repairs. With a box. Diameter 12.8cm, Height 6.3cm Appraisal value in the Art Collectors' Directory: 3 million yen ▢ Eiraku Myozen Kaei 5 (1852) - Showa 2 (1927) Wife of the 14th Tokuzen of the Eiraku family. Name: Yu. Art name: Myozen. After Tokuzen's death, she entrusted production to her nephew, Jisaburo Yamamoto (later the 15th Shōzen), and continued the family business under the name of the 14th Eiraku. She used the "Tokuzen" seal on her works and the "Zengo-ro" seal with the red seal of "Yu" on the box inscriptions. She supported the Eiraku family for 19 years with her own hands and educated the 16th Zengo-ro. In Taisho 3, she received a scroll of "Myozen" from Takato Mitsui. She created many items favored by Sōsa Sōsa and left behind elegant works. [References] Rakkan Kao Daijiten (Dictionary of Seals and Signatures), Tankosha Bijutsuka Meikan (Art Collectors' Directory), Bijutsu Club Senke Jisshoku (Ten Masters of the Senke Family), Sekai Bunka Publishing Eiraku-ke Kyoyaki no Seika (The Essence of Eiraku Family's Kyoto Ware), Tankosha #Why not have your own tea utensils? #TeaUtensils #TeaBowl #Satsuki #TangoNoSekku #Eiraku #Myozen #TeaCeremony #May #AntiqueArt #Omotesenke #Urasenke #MushakojiSenke #Antique #SenkeJisshoku #kyoto #Kyoto #Chanoyu #Beauty #Art #Stylish #TeaRoom #TeaCeremony #TeaParty #Pottery