Japanese Ceramic Green Tea Bowl Matcha Chawan Pottery Samurai Helmet Gold CHB113 dark brown This is a vintage Japanese

This is a vintage Japanese Buddhist sutra book called Butsuzen Gongyo Shidai

Scratches on wood base

This is a Japanese vintage black and white photograph of a crowd watching a festival parade

the title label is partly missing

Imperfection on the bottom rim

Japanese Ceramic Green Tea Bowl Matcha Chawan Pottery Samurai Helmet Gold CHB113 dark brown This is a vintage JapaneseVtg Japanese Ceramic Green Tea Bowl This is a vintage Japanese ceramic green tea bowl or matcha chawan. It is mostly beige with a soft peachy pink band on the outside and inside near the bottom. It features a gold and silver samurai helmet (kabuto) with purple. This is a juraku piece, and looks very similar to kyoyaki. Green tea bowls are traditionally used for preparing and drinking green tea during tea ceremonies but can be used in many scenes of