Scoop (Hishaku)

The bamboo scoops are used in the tea ceremony to dose the amount of water for a bowl of Matcha tea and draw the hot water from the kettle. The Hishaku are small works of art in their simplicity. According to legend, a bowmaker made the first Hishaku. The samurai are said to have led the Hishaku in the same way as they have put an arrow on the bow. When the water is poured into the Chawan on the Matcha, the tea masters still make the same hand movement as the samurai do when shooting the arrow.

Total length approx. 40cm