At the battle of Mt. Shigi-san 1577, Matsunaga Hisahide was surrounded by Oda Nobunaga's army. Nobunaga told Hisahide to give up his famous tea kettle called 'Kotenmyo Hiragumo' so that he would spare his life, but Hisahide refused and broke the Hiragumo into pieces in his castle before killing himself. Hisahide and Nobunaga were tea masters and Nobunaga had wanted to possess the kettle Hiragumo(flat-shaped spider) long time. Because of the unique shape similar to a crawling spider, the tea kettle, Chagama, became famous among tea masters.
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