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Equipment

There are different styles of equipment, from Rikyu's simple rustic ceramics to the aristocratic use of fine Chinese porcelains.

Tea Ceremony Ceramics

Basic implements:

• A kettle, called a kama.
• A long thin wooden spoon, called a hishaku. Often made of bamboo, and customarily the one item actually made by the tea master.
• A tea bowl, the chawan - this was the most artistically important item, and see the ceramics link above for some great examples.
• A tea caddy or jar, the chaire. Again the link above has a lovely Raku example.
• A water jar, or mizusashi,

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