Rinzai Zen Daitokuji school, Shoin-ji Temple Chief Priest Sekiō Fukumoto's inscription "Bamboo Tea Scoop" with the name "Seseragi" (with original box and original tube)

This piece is perfect for the furo (brazier) season and features a fitting name. It is a dignified work characterized by its reverse bamboo joint, sharply carved scoop, and beautiful bamboo joint. The carving is by the master craftsman Muneyoshi Umino, and precious shimi-dake bamboo is used. The tube is inscribed with Seseragi (seal), and the box is inscribed with Name: Seseragi, Former Abbot Sekio (seal). Muneyoshi Umino's seal is stamped on the back of the box. The tea scoop is clean on both sides. Please rest assured that any areas that appear to be stains are natural textures (*photo 16). The box is also clean.

Original box. Original tube. Original wrapping paper. Includes a booklet.

Length: 18.4 cm

Seseragi (せせらぎ)
[Meaning]
The clear sound of water in shallows, etc. Also, such a water flow.

▢ Sekio Fukumoto (福本積應)
Born 1930
Born in Kyoto. Ordained by Abbot Kan'o at Yōtoku-in, Daitoku-ji Temple in 1940. In 1949, became a disciple of the former head of the Daitoku-ji school, Master Keikei of Ryōken, and was appointed to the Kokei Specialized Dojo in Mino. Appointed abbot of Shōshun-ji Temple, Daitoku-ji school in 1959. Appointed the 17th abbot of Hōrin-ji Temple in 1983. Upon arriving at Hōrin-ji and seeing the severely dilapidated state of the abbot's quarters and other buildings, he felt sorrow and a strong desire for reconstruction. In 1989, the main hall, priests' quarters, and temple gate of Hōrin-ji Temple were newly built. In the same year, the repository for the Important Cultural Property of the Three Buddhas was renovated. In 2004, he passed on Hōrin-ji Temple to his successor abbot. In the same year, he was reappointed abbot of Shōshun-ji Temple.

▢ Muneyoshi Umino (海野宗秦)
Born 1947
Tea scoop craftsman. Born in Kyoto. Graduated from Fushimi Technical High School, Department of Crafts, in 1966. Studied under bamboo craftsman Sōryō Kōno. Assumed the name Muneyoshi in 1970. Produces tea scoops with inscriptions by abbots of sub-temples of Daitoku-ji.

[Reference]
Chano-yu no Mei (Names of Tea Ceremony), Tankosha Publishing

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