Antique Japanese Meiji Era Sugi Wood Armrest Kyosoku Curved Top Trestle Base 22"L Ishodansu A sokogawara is a flat

A sokogawara is a flat ceramic tile traditionally placed under a kama (iron kettle) in a Japanese tea ceremony

It has a bluish gray glaze over reddish clay giving it an almost purple inside parts of the bowl

1920 to 1950 go stones or goke were pulled from partial sets

money and valuables

Beautiful deeply carved relief of bamboo and a flower

Antique Japanese Meiji Era Sugi Wood Armrest Kyosoku Curved Top Trestle Base 22"L Ishodansu A sokogawara is a flatAntique Japanese sugi cedar kyosoku armrest with curved saddle top and shaped trestle legs Japan Meiji to Taisho Period, early 20th century A well proportioned Japanese kyosoku () armrest in sugi (Japanese cedar), the gently curved saddle form top polished to a deep, lacquer like patina through generations of use. The trestle style legs are shaped in a waisted baluster profile with pierced oval apertures a classical kyosoku leg form each set on a flat