Digital Collections

- Card game
- Card games--Japan [lcsh]
- A "card game" for the Way of Tea, modeled after a favorite New Year's game known as the "One Hundred Poets, One Poem Each" (Hyakunin Isshu). There are several versions of the original game, one in which the name and portrait of the poet appears on...
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Lid rest in crab shape
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Tea making paraphernalia [lcsh]; Raku pottery [lcsh]
- Lid rest, in the shape of a small river crab (kani futaoki), that is part of the Rikyu Seven futaoki set and made in red raku glaze.
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Kettle papers
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Tea making paraphernalia [lcsh]
- Kettle papers (kami kamashiki) used to support the kettle when removed from the fire source during the charcoal procedure. Also used to support the incense container when it is placed in the tokonoma during an abbreviated tea gathering, when the...
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Red lacquer tray accented with geometric cut gold leafs
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Trays -- Japan [lcsh]; Tea making paraphernalia [lcsh];
- Trade made for serving higashi, the pressed sweets for thin tea. Its wooden box has a larger inscription ZUIUN (Auspicious Clouds) and the signature of the renowned Kyoto lacquer studio Zohiko.
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Yellow Seto sweet dishes
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh];
- Set of sweet dishes in the style known as Yellow Seto.
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Tobacco tray
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Tobacco jars and boxes [lcsh]; Trays -- Japan [lcsh]
- A tobacco tray is used to signify an informal and relaxed atmosphere. While these days tobacco is seldom used in the tearoom, the importance of its signification remains.
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- "Moon over the River" calligraphy
- Calligraphy, Japanese [lcsh]
- Inscription reads "Kogetsu sei fu shin chu ni ari" which translates to "Moon over the river, pure wind, these are in the heart."
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Sweet dishes with plum blossom design
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh];
- Individual serving dishes used to serve moist sweets, or "omogashi." The plum blossom design may designate that they are intended to be used in January or February. However, the plum motif also has auspicious connotations so they could be used on...
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- "Heart washed pure" calligraphy
- Calligraphy, Japanese [lcsh]; Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]
- Inscription reads "senshin" in Japanese or "heart washed pure" in English.
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Blue fabric mounted scroll
- Scrolls [lcsh]
- Scroll reads "Shoufuu issetsu ni kusu" which translated into English means "With one sip I drink in the pine wind." The source of the quote is from the late Southern Sung priest Kaiseki Chihou's poem titled "Keizan sencha". Keizan refers to a...
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Brown fabric mounted scroll
- Scrolls [lcsh]
- Scrolls reads "Myouju, tanagokoro ni ari" which translated into English means "The bright jewel is within the palm of your hand." The source of the quote is Hekiganroku (The Blue Cliff Record). The term Myouju refers to Buddha nature. There is no...
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection