This auspicious design, befitting the New Year, features yuzuriha (Japanese laurel) on the outside and shimenawa (sacred straw rope) on the inside, painted with gold and colored enamel. The accompanying box has the inscription "Ninsei-sha (copy) Yutsuriha Chawan" on the lid and the seal "Zengoro zo" on the back. Diameter 12.9 cm, Height 18.4 cm, Foot diameter 4.8 cm With original box. Yuzuriha (Japanese laurel) [Reading] yuzuriha [Meaning] An evergreen tree of the family Yuzuriha. Because the old leaves fall after the new leaves grow, the leaves are used as a lucky charm for New Year's decorations, symbolizing the changing of the guard. A seasonal word for the New Year. ▢ 16th Eiraku Zengoro <Sokuzen> (1917-1998) One of the Senke Jisshoku (Ten Craftsmen of the Sen Family). The eldest son of the 15th Seizen. He succeeded to the name of Zengoro at the age of 18 due to the sudden death of his father, Seizen. After building the Shiroyama kiln in the villa of the Mitsui family in 1937, he began full-scale pottery production. After the war, while producing many tea ceramics for the three Sen families amid the prosperity of the tea ceremony world, he formed the Kyoto Traditional Ceramic Artists Association with Kakunyu, the 14th generation of the Raku family, and served as its chairman. He received the Kyoto City Cultural Merit Award and the Kyoto Prefecture Cultural Award for Special Merit. [Reference] The Small Universe of the Senke Jisshoku's Handiwork, Sekai Bunka Publishing #Why not have your own tea utensils? #Chawan-ya Shokudo #Tea utensils #Tea bowl #Yuzuriha #Japanese laurel #Shimenawa #New Year #Hatsugama (first tea ceremony of the year) #Tea ceremony #Sen no Rikyu #Omotesenke #Sen Sosa #Urasenke #Sen Soshitsu #Mushakojisenke #Sen Soshu #Painted #Senke Jisshoku #Eiraku #Colored enamel #Antique art #Kyoto #Tea ceremony #Stylish #Tea room #Tea seat #Tea party