This tea set with orchids has a side-handled pot called a ky?su, used for steeping, straining, and serving tea. Seif? Yohei III’s painting teacher, Tanomura Chokuny? (1814–1907), made a visual record of famous sencha events that shows how these kinds of porcelains fit with objects such as a stove and kettle to form a complete set of utensils for tea preparation, and with ensembles of decorative objects meant to inspire creativity. Lid for a Teapot from Tea Set with Orchids, c. 1893–1914. Seifū Yohei III (Japanese, 1851–1914). Porcelain with underglaze blue;

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