Japanese Portable Choptstick - Keiji - Red

Description

Japanese Sengoku Busho (warring states warloads) series portable chopsticks.
Environmentally friendly portable chopsticks.  Take these chopsticks out with you!
These come in five warlords family crescent (Kamon) themes and two colors.  Pick the one you like and give the other to your friend or partner.  Makes a great gift.
Maeda Toshimasu
(1543 - 1612), better known as
Maeda Keiji
or
Keiji
, was a Japanese
samurai
of the
Sengoku Period
through early
Edo Period
. Toshimasu was born to the Takigawa Clan of
Owari
, originally the son of
Takigawa Kazumasu
. He was adopted by Maeda Toshihisa, the older brother of
Maeda Toshiie
. Toshimasu served under
Oda Nobunaga
along with his uncle. Toshimasu was originally intended to inherit Maeda family headship; however, after
Oda Nobunaga
replaced Toshihisa with Toshiie as Maeda family head, he lost this position. While in
Kyoto
, Toshimasu met and befriended
Naoe Kanetsugu
,
Uesugi Kagekatsu
's
kar
. The two became close friends. Consequently, Toshimasu agreed to join Kanetsugu in the Uesugi clan's invasion of
Aizu
. During the retreat from the failed invasion, Keiji was given the task of leading the rear guard. Riding his horse
Matsukaze
into battle and brandishing a two-pronged spear, he made a splendid show of force.
After this, Toshimasu returned to the capital and devoted himself to arts and literature. Keiji was barred from
Toyotomi’s
Kyushu campaign for his wild way. When the
Tokugawa
challenged the
Uesugi
in 1600, he once again fought with Uesugi’s army. In the battle against the
Mogami
, he broke through the enemy lines with only eight riders, and shattered their formation. Keiji's armour can still be seen today at the Miyasaka Museum.
The assembled size of the chopstick is 210mm or 8.3”. They can be disassembled and stored in the supplied carrying case. The carrying case measures 125mm by 42mm or 4.9” by 1.65”. This makes the chopsticks very portable. Easily fitting in your purse or your pocket.
The chopsticks arrive assembled and you simply have to unscrew the brown tip section from the lower section. Place the disassembled chopsticks in the handy carrying case, latch the case and you are ready to go out to dinner.
The chopsticks are made of biomass plastic and an aluminum-connecting collar. They are heat resistant to 130
°
C (266
°
F) and the tip section is dishwasher safe.
Please look at the pictures carefully before you purchase.
I do combine shipments.  If you purchase
multiple items, I will send you the invoice including the actual postage. Please do not pay until you receive an invoice from me.
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Also if the package weighs over 4 lbs., I have no choice but ship by Priority.  Please consider all of this before you purchase.
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