Japanese literati, who adored continental literati and made it as their goal to live like them, particularly loved this tool among the utensils for Senchado, since it could be regarded as a symbol of the literati culture.
大陸の文人に近づくことを目標とした日本の文人達は、煎茶道具の中でもとりわけ文人趣味の象徴といえるこの道具を寵愛した。