Special tea utensils

[1] The Ashikaga shōgun accumulated a number of precious items into the treasury called Higashiyama Treasure (東山御物 Higashiyama gomotsu), which also contained a number of tea items.

During the Warring States period, Chinese tea ware and items became a symbol of power for warlords.

[3] The warlord Oda Nobunaga and his successor the regent Toyotomi Hideyoshi collected a number of important items, often from families he either defeated or were given to him as tribute.

"Jocular Fellow") is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Yoshihiro Yamada.

It was adapted into an anime series in 2011, and includes the meibutsu utensils throughout its story.

Hatsuhana tea caddy, Important Cultural Property , kept at the Tokugawa Memorial Foundation
Nitta tea cady