Lid Rest (Futaoki) (Matched Pair) — Bearing the Signature (Kaō) of Maeda Shōdō — Takayama Quantity per carton:1 pc Red text is said to

Red text is said to be the color of good luck

allowing for natural-looking weapon-wielding and sitting poses

and the texture has been thoroughly pursued by using clear parts and metallic paint

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Lid Rest (Futaoki) (Matched Pair) — Bearing the Signature (Kaō) of Maeda Shōdō — Takayama Quantity per carton:1 pc Red text is said toTakayama in Ikoma, Nara Prefecture, is Japan's historic center of bamboo tea ceremony craft, where artisans have shaped bamboo wares by hand for centuries. It is made by hand from natural bamboo by Takayama artisans of the long established Chikumeido workshop. A futaoki the rest on which the kettle lid or the ladle is set during the tea ceremony. Sold as a matched pair (iss). This piece is described by the Japanese source as bearing the stylized