道学実

Okeiko-Glenn-2020-10-04

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reviewed
modified
2025-04-27
date
2020-10-04
note type
Glenn Okeiko Log
temae dario
Nakaoki Koicha
season
Furo
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October 4, 2020

Nakaoki

Today was my first day back doing a regular hakobi temae since all of my shikaden and chabako craziness, and man, it feels so different now. I don’t feel like I understand more yet, per se, but I’m starting to see how different things are falling into place, and how these hakobi temae can be derived from parts of other temae.

  • Nakaoki variations:

    • Ko-ita
      • This is the “standard”, ie what I did today.
      • Mizusashi is in the middle of the left space created by the shikiita and bisected by the front of the shikiita
      • Chawan and chaire position (ie in mitsu-kazari) should be, laterally, in the same position as they would be if the mizusashi was there. That means that you’re not going to be in the center of the right part of the mat — you’ll be biased a little closer to the shikiita. Your bowl will also end up crossing the edge of the shikiita (toward the center)
      • Vertically, your chawan and chaire should be s.t. the chashaku does not cross the shikiita threshold. This ends up being around himado-mae.
    • Oo-ita
      • Much better! You get so much more room! (same as with nagaita and gogyodana). Hishaku is laid across the front while in use, rather than on the diagonal with the futaoki in front of the mizusashi.
      • Shikiita position is the same (measured by the front). It’s wider, though, so the mizusashi will be closer to the wall. The chaire and chawan position (absolute sense) are the same.
      • You should not leave the hishaku and futaoki in the room after koicha (TODO: why?). However, after usucha, you can:
        • Kamae, then IN A VERY STRANGE TURN OF EVENTS, take futaoki with R and DIRECTLY place into its home on the oo-ita (left side, inner relative to the hishaku). This is one of the only times you take futaoki with no atsukai. Then, with L, place hishaku down outside of the futaoki (ie ryurei okusama style).
      • Futaoki position while in use is dependent on the size of the lid. So, it doesn’t necessarily have a set position.
      • **Random aside: Oo-ita in orthodox furo position, you do not lay the hishaku across the front of the furo. You place the futaoki where it would be, on the corner of the shikiita, and use the hishaku like on a nagaita (ie hishaku on a diagonal).
        • To leave the hishaku behind in orthodox furo position oo-ita:
        • Kamae, place down hishaku with R on the RIGHT edge of the ita (ie toward the water).
        • Then, place futaoki inside of the hishaku (in this case, left of the handle) in the usual way (R, atsukai, R place down)
    • Nagaita
      • Basically the same as the oo-ita, except in this case, your mizusashi is going to be below the shikiita line. This should be as close as possible to the nagaita to make sure you have enough room for the shifuku and karioki chawan
      • Also, because this comes from daisu (the nagaita in particular), the mizusashi handling is 3H.
      • Take futaoki is still good here.
      • Leaving the futaoki hishaku behind is the same as oo-ita, if you are going to do it.
    • Go-gyo dana
      • Basically the same as the above as well. Hishaku stays in front of the kama while in use. However, the final hishaku position can change.
        • After koicha: futaoki in left corner on ji-ita, hishaku on top of tana, left side straight.
        • After usucha: Hishaku futaoki on top of tana in diagonal arrangement
      • A fun note on go-gyo dana: Apparently ennosai used this as a more standard tana, ie with a mizusashi in the middle. So, play with it!

  • Nakaoki notes:

    • When you sit for the mizusashi, that’s four steps (ie the same as furo sumidemae when you have to place the haiki down)

    • When you stand up from that diagonal position, you should do the nagashidate thing, ie pivot as you’re standing so you end up facing directly forward by the time you’re standing

    • Futaoki position:

      • The book has the futaoki directly below the mizusashi, just leaving enough room for the lid.
      • Glenn’s thoughts: Not only does that make things cramped on the side, but it also makes your hishaku cross in front of your center at temae. That makes it really difficult to do… anything in front of you.
      • Instead, keep the futaoki at the same vertical position, but move laterally toward the wall until the hishaku ends just at or before your center.

    • Shifuku position:

      • If you put the shifuku where it has it in the book (directly above the kensui), you won’t have any room for your karioki chawan, and you’ll have to pull the kensui back to your ankles to make room
      • Instead: place shifuku at kensui-no-kata. This is the same position as the shifuku would be in ro (laterally), and it’s also the same position as the natsume would be in tsuzuki usucha.
      • This will leave the shifuku underneath the hishaku for a bit, but that’s very temporary (the hishaku will soon go onto the kama anyway).
      • So with that in mind, the overall position will look something like this:

    (oops, mizusashi lid is diagonal)

    • From Kris, you do make sound!
    • Shifuku placing down and picking up is L, like daisu
    • Taking chakin from the mizusashi lid, ideally you should do it from under the hishaku, not over. I’m using a binkake, so things are a little lower than they would normally be.
    • Placing down the hishaku, it’s okay to angle it just a little bit (as opposed to being directly center of you). Like, half an inch. That’s enough to get the handle out of the way.
    • Chasentoshi, it’s okay to go a little to the right to allow the chasen to come up to the right height
    • Mizusashi lid! If you’re doing the setup ie above, you don’t have room for the mizusashi lid to go at a diagonal. It’s okay for it to be more toward the wall, instead of it being to the edge of the mizusashi. So long as the guests can see a little lid (lol), it’s okay
    • Nakaoki is always honjimae
    • Chawan karioki, it can then go in the space left by the shifuku on the left.

  • General notes:

    • Just to have this written down somewhere, your knee line should be 18 mei from the front of the shikiita. I know this but writing things down is good.
    • Hishaku should point toward your center (apparently other sensei say it should point to your left knee?)
    • Pom-pom, be cognizant of where you’re pomming things! I do it over the kensui, but the actual angle that things would be pommed (lol) is actually about an inch in front of the kensui. Do it more vertical and more intentionally over the kensui.

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