''Kintō'' (Japanese: 巾筒) is a small tube or vessel used to store a ''

chakin ''Chakin'' (Japanese: 茶巾 "tea towel") is a small rectangular cloth used to wipe teabowls called '' chawan''. It is a part of Japanese tea utensils. It is also used in '' Senchadō''. White linen is often used, or hemp cloth. The high-quali ...

'' cloth during the serving of tea. It is a part of

Japanese tea utensils are the tools and utensils used in , the art of Japanese tea. Tea utensils can be divided into five major categories: * * * * * A wide range of utensils, known collectively as , is necessary for even the most basic tea ceremony. Genera ...

. The container is most often

ceramic A ceramic is any of the various hard, brittle, heat-resistant and corrosion-resistant materials made by shaping and then firing an inorganic, nonmetallic material, such as clay, at a high temperature. Common examples are earthenware, porcelain ...

, but can also be made out of metal,

lacquerware Lacquerware are objects decoratively covered with lacquer. Lacquerware includes small or large containers, tableware, a variety of small objects carried by people, and larger objects such as furniture and even coffins painted with lacquer. Befor ...

, or carved stone. The ''chakin'' cloth is folded in a specific manner and then placed into the ''kintō''. Some schools of ''

Senchadō is a Japanese variant of ''chadō'' ("way of tea"). It involves the preparation and drinking of '' sencha'' green tea, especially the high grade '' gyokuro'' type. History Towards the end of the 17th century in the Edo period, Chinese merc ...

'' also use two-tiered stacked containers. In the case of sencha, a slightly larger cloth is used separately for wiping the tray.

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