4月第3週からお稽古が始まりました。掛軸の色紙は、義母の手による遊び心一杯の書体で『春国樹色』、花は今年初めて我が家の庭で花を咲かせてくれた『木瓜』。水指は日本の先生の持たせてくださった、モダンな模様の清水焼。お茶碗は生徒さん持参の古そうな箱書きの『赤楽』。
From the third week of April, 2022, We started the tea ceremony practice again after my four months’ absence.I hung a scroll with the writing of four kanji letters representing “spring, country, trees, and color” written by my mother-in-law with an ink brush. The flower next to the scroll was the quince, the first flower blooming in my garden after planting the tree several years ago. We used the Kiyomizu Ware mizuhashi my teacher gave me in Kyoto this year, and the tea bowl we used was of one of my student’s red raku tea bowl with an accompanying box.
私の不在中、自主練習をして下さったお蔭で、皆さん、お点前の順番ちゃんと覚えていて、基本的な袱紗捌き、茶筅通し、柄杓の扱いなど、美しく、上達しているのに大感激。自主練をリードしてくださった先輩生徒さん達に感謝、感謝。
It was a pleasant surprise to see the improvement of many students since last experienced. I heartily appreciate the students who opened their homes and helped other students’ self-practice during my absence.