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A tea caddy for storing weak green powdered tea. Also called *usuchaki ”–’ƒŠν. The name natsume derived from the shape, which is similar to a Chinese date, natsume or jujube. The origin of this type of tea caddy is attributed to Haneda Gorou ‰H“cŒά˜Y who lived near the Hokaimon –@ŠE–ε at the temple Myoukakuji –­ŠoŽ› in Kyoto, around the time of the rule of Ashikaga Yoshimasa ‘«—˜‹`­ (1433-90) in the Muromachi period, when the drinking of tea ceremonial was in its earliest stage. Natsume have various sizes and shapes: There are long, flat natsume, chamferred ones; styles favored by Sen Rikyuu η—˜‹x (1522-91), sen rikyuugata η—˜‹xŒ` called kawatarou ‰Ν‘Ύ˜Y; shirifukurami K–c with large bottoms; the so-called tea-pail type, chaoke ’ƒ‰±; those with a bulge in the middle doubari “·’£; and those with a red top kouaka bΤ. The lid may be overlapping okibuta ’uŠW or in the styles of a medicine box inrou-zukuri ˆσβΔ‘’. Natsume may be made of wood and dry lacquer *kanshitsu Š£Ž½, bamboo, lacquer over layers of paper ikkanbari ˆκŠΥ’£, ceramic, metal, or even black quartz. Some natsume are coated with black wax kurorounuri •˜X“h, some with a type of red lacquer, shutame Žι—­, some with lacquer over various colors shunkei-nuri tŒc“h, or a rubbed lacquer coating, suriurushi  Ž½. For decoration gold or silver powder was sometimes sprinkled over pear skin lacquer nashiji —œ’n, and sometimes oil paint was used. Carved lacquer horiurushi ’€Ž½ lacquer and shell inlaid *raden —†ην was also used.
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