HISHAKU - bamboo ladle for hot water

In the tea ceremony, the ladles made of bamboo are used to draw hot water from the kettle and to dose the amount of water for a bowl of match tea. The ladles made of bamboo are small works of art in their simplicity. It is said that a bowmaker made the first Hishaku. Therefore the samurai handled the Hishaku in the same way as they put the arrow on the bow. When the water is filled into the tea bowl on the powder tea, the tea masters still make the same hand movement as the samurai when shooting the arrow.
Cheap goods from Taiwan or China are often made of poorly seasoned bamboo. The cup of the ladle therefore tends to tear or warp during drying. We only sell high quality Hishaku from Japan, where the danger of tearing is minimized. Such a Hishaku can be used over many years, if one cleans the handle now and then with fine emery paper. If the air in the room is very dry, we recommend storing the Hishaku in a closed box.