Natsume are small Japanese tea caddies, made of turned wood, natural urushi lacquer and sumptuous maki-e decoration with gold powder for the most beautiful, which hold powdered matcha tea during the traditional tea ceremony.

These are magnificent collectors' items, superb individually or in groups, to be placed together on a pretty tray or in a display case. We offer only the highest quality natsume, in real wood and urushi lacquer, with their protective paulownia or cedar wood tomobako box signed by the craftsman, collectors' items that increase in value because they are rare and precious. Most of our natsume date from the shōwa era (1926-1986), but a few may be older. The selection is regularly enriched.