Chashaku (茶杓), lit. 'tea scoop', also called tea spoon, are used to transfer the powdered tea from the tea container (chaki) to the tea bowl (chawan).
Typically, tea scoops are made of a narrow, thin piece of bamboo, although there are also those made of wood or ivory. The original ones imported to Japan from China were ivory. Tea masters in Japan have traditionally carved their own bamboo chashaku, providing them with a bamboo storage tube (tsutsu) as well as a poetic name (mei (銘)) that will often be inscribed on the storage tube. The selection of the chashaku for use at a chanoyu gathering will largely depend on its poetic name.
- Collections: Japanese Wood Collection, Tea Ceremony Collection