Vintage Japanese Tea Ceremony Ochakoboshi Kensui Drip Glaze Bowl Chinese This huge antique Japanese saw

This huge antique Japanese saw or nokogiri was hand forged by a Japanese master blade maker over a century ago

Vintage Japanese woodblock print by Toshi Yoshida from 1966 titled Mt Holy Cross

In her kimono paper arms she holds her baby close

This antique Japanese saw Mawashibiki-Nokogiri "Key Hole" saw was hand forged by a Japanese master blade maker over a century ago

Vintage Japanese Tea Ceremony Ochakoboshi Kensui Drip Glaze Bowl Chinese This huge antique Japanese sawThis is a vintage Japanese ceramic bowl known as a ochakoboshi (waster water bowl) used in a Japanese sado chado (tea ceremony). This vessel has a Japanese artist's seal imprinted on the bottom (see picture 8). It is a type of Kyo yaki kiyomizu yaki (made in Kyoto) tea bowl. This bowl has floral imagery, depicting the flower kiku (Chrysanthemum). During the tea ceremony the tea bowl is rinsed once to warm the bowl and another time to rinse it clean.