Shippo Kumiko Long Tray Iidaya a game called kai-awase was

a game called kai-awase was popular in Japan

This unique tea canister is in the shape of a persimmon

due to its high iron content

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The word "masu" means "increase" and "benefit" in Japanese

Shippo Kumiko Long Tray Iidaya a game called kai-awase wasThis is a long tray with a shippo pattern made of Kumiko work. Shippo means "seven treasures" in the Japanese Buddhist scriptures, and represents items that are very precious. It is a pattern of circles overlapping each other and connected, and it continues endlessly in different directions, imitating a luminous treasure. Kumiko is a woodworking technique in which wood is assembled without using nails, and shoji screens and ranma (transoms) with