２０２３年９月
９月の最終週は四ケ伝の内、台天目のお稽古をしました。
水指は曲物、天目台、天目茶碗、茶入れは和物、茶杓は利休型象牙の茶杓、蓋置は青竹です。
このお点前では真にさばいた袱紗でのお台のふき方、象牙の茶杓のふき方、湯や水を茶碗にそそぐときは左手を添える、茶筅通しは三回あげ等々、新たに覚えることがたくさんあります。
お道具が唐物か和物かなどで、浄める際の袱紗のさばき方が異なるということがだんだんわかってきたようです。
During the last week of September, we practiced the daitemoku, one of the Shikaden procedures. The water container was curved bamboo, and the daitemoku utensils included a daitemoku stand, a tenmoku tea bowl, and a Japanese-style tea container. The tea scoop was a Rikyu-style ivory tea scoop, and the lid rest was made of green bamboo.
In this particular tea ceremony, we learned many new aspects, such as folding the fukusa (a silk cloth) in shin-style, when cleaning the tea stand and the ivory tea scoop, the etiquette of supporting the tea bowl with the left hand when pouring hot water or cold water into it, and raising the chasen (tea whisk) three times, and more.
We also gradually came to understand that the folding the fukusa during the purification process varies depending on whether the utensils are of Chinese or Japanese origin, among other things.
