September 13, 2020
Daitenmoku
Very cool today! Temae itself went very smoothly. Some temae clarifications:
- First scoops are half and half, ie half for first kosusugi, and half for second scoop for chasentoshi. This is why, in regular koicha, you should do full scoops
- Stop forgetting to support with L for pouring water!
- You do NOT wipe the lid with magemizusashi (duh)
- Te wo suite! Even though you’re not placing the dougu far away from each other, you should still do gyo no te (because it’s karamono)
- Don’t forget to kansha first before you drink, while it’s still on the dai
- Don’t forget to L→R for dai (and of course R→L for chawan)
- No wiping the inside of the lid during haiken kiyome for chaire if you do tsukuidashi
- Just a reminder, full yoho-sabaki for chair at haiken time
- Warigeiko notes:
- For placing the chaire down / picking the chaire up from in front of the mizusashi, when the bowl is in the way, try to avoid snaking around the bowl. It’s okay to come a little over the top of the bowl, because you’re going to be bringing the chaire back to center anyway before coming back down
- Modoshibuki, really try to push the chashaku out as far as possible when you push with your thumb. Especially if you use a rikyugata zouge chashaku, it’s very short. If you don’t push enough, you will grab above the center of the chashaku (and it will look especially short)
- For chasentoshi, ie holding the bowl while you’re doing it, it’s okay for the bowl to be very low (ie almost on your lap). Do whatever makes the wrist movements more comfortable.
- And on that, when you pull the chasen out after the no-no-ji, you can turn it a little quicker than usual. If you try to keep it pointed toward the center of the chawan while pulling it out, your wrist will look funny.
- For kosusugi after the sorei, when the bowl is returned, it’s okay to use more water if you need to get rid of more tea. This isn’t like the first part where you should use half and half (and equal a full scoop).
- Hikibishaku, just work on it ☹️ be very careful not to start the hishaku handle too high.
- For chasentoshi, you do indeed begin the lift immediately after sara sara. No sara sara → kotsu → age. Just sara sara → age for the first lift. Then, in total, you lift three times.
- For chasentoshi on the dai, hand is on the seam.
- For placing chasen / chakin in the bowl (and taking out), no atsukai
- When taking the hishaku from the kensui at the very end, when you’re about to leave the room, try to hold the hishaku more vertically s.t. the hishaku handle is at about a 45 degree angle, the end of the left is over your left knee, and the go is over your right knee. The go will be about perpendicular to the floor.