Japanese Chasen - 翠華園 Suikaen - Seven-Coloured Shiratake White Bamboo Matcha Whisk

This shiratake white bamboo chasen is tied with seven different coloured threads.Featuring the same number of tines and delicately curved shape as a standard shin chasen, this whisk's colourful threads give it a fun and playful personality. Made by Suikaen.The shin (真) shape is one of the most popular due to its elegant curves, and is prefered by students of both Urasenke and Omotesenke schools of tea ceremony (though the dark bamboo is more popular with Omotesenke). Having roughly 64 tines, the shin chasen sits in between dedicated usucha chasen which have lots of thin tines, and dedicated koicha chasen, which have fewer but thicker tines. This makes shin-type chasen suitable both for whipping up a fine, foamy usucha and kneading a thick, rich koicha.Suikaen is headed by Yasaburo Tanimura (谷村弥三郎), a 25th generation chasen maker who has carried on his family's 500 year old tradition and is one of the only 18 remaining chasen masters. These whisks are made from locally grown bamboo in t