The yukibuki has a somewhat wider mouth and a fuller body, giving it a rounder impression within the natsume lineage. Because its proportions let decoration be seen at a larger scale, it is a highly decorative thin-tea container used at more lavish sittings.
Origins and character
The name is transmitted as connected with maki-e patterning of snow blown and dancing in the wind. The swell of the body allows a wide field for decoration, and many showy yukibuki depicting the seasons have been made.
In practice
Used at formal thin-tea sittings and where lacquer decoration is the subject of the arrangement.
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