Daisu must be a gyo takedaisu. Likewise, for shin, daisu must be a shinnuri shin daisu. Other daisu (ie kyudaisu gyo, korai-daisu sou) are acceptable for use at other times (ie new year’s, any daisu hirademae), but these must be take/shin respectively.
This must be a RO-DAISU, all the time, even for furo! For some reason, we always use the ro daisu.
From sensei: “Urasenke uses Rikyu’s ro take daisu only. I have heard that there is a furo version by Jo’o but I have never seen a furo one anywhere. A s for shin daisu there is only one size. Actually you can get a kanto size just like furosaki byobu come in Kansai and Kanto sizes as well as Rikyu’s yoshidana.”
Hakkebon, it originated from Fukkensai (9th gen, is that fukkensai?) who had something called a “midarebon,” which was shinnuri with the kanji for the 8 trigrams around the ring in red ink.
TODO: I have a photo of the trigrams from sensei, insert them here.
Water trigram is in the back, fire trigram is in the front.
Chaire must be either otsubokata, or katatsuki (the short one). This must be chuko-meibutsu. No comment on what the shifuku must be.
He shared a story from a gyotei who flipped out when the mizuyasan set up for gyo and didn’t have this ready.
Furo must be a doan-buro, and there’s no specific requirement for the kama, but it should be a rikyu-konomi (ie shin-nari).
Kensui and hoya-san must be karakane.
Shakutate and mizusashi must be kuniyaki.
He was taught originally that the shakutate must be raku, and the mizusashi must be seto hitoeguchi.
More recently, he has heard that both may be any kuniyaki. His thoughts: “Any kuniyaki for the shakutate seems fine, but any kuniyaki for the mizusashi feels weird.”
Hishaku must be sashitoshi (ie kazari)
Hibashi must be kazari hibashi
He was originally told that they must be o-chidori, but he has recently heard in the juuden that they must not be o-chidori, and they must be hibashi with rotational symmetry. Leaving this one as-is until that gets figured out.
Tenmoku-jawan should be “keizan” (?)
Dai must be karamono or early wamono (ie first-generation sotetsu)
Chashaku must be motobushi.
However! Motobushi is weird for this… fushi-nashi feels better, because of the fuki modoshi.
This is always done in a yojohan, always, with a mawari-sado.
Mizutsugi must be katakuchi.
Juuniden used to all be with a magemono katakuchi. Tantansai changed these to now be with a yakimono katakuchi.
Temae
Daisu setup
The daisu can be anywhere between 16 and 18 mei from the kinin-datami heri, and this holds true for all daisu temae (including juuden). 18 mei is nice for this one, particularly to make it easier when you have to place the chaire lid on the hane.
Kama, mizusashi should be bang in the center of their respective halves.
Shakutate should be centered in the rear half of the ji-ita. Laterally, the kodai of the shakutate should be tangent to the center line of the daisu, biased toward the mizusashi.
Then, the kensui should be centered in the space left below the shakutate.
GENERALLY SPEAKING, things on the left are handled with the left, things on the right are handled with the right.
Chawan goes himado-mae (and the dai is handled predominantly with L).
Chaire goes mizusashi shomen (and is handled predominantly with R).
However, in juuden (sou-no-shin-gyo, ie the one that has kazarimono-esque setup), these are reversed. Dai is on the right, chaire is himado mae. You still follow the rule here “L is L, R is R.” Interestingly, that breaks the idea that “dai is yo, so it should be handled with an in hand,” because now you’re handling it with R!
Opening/closing the door is with your hands completely in shin
Guests wait until you exit with the mizutsugi to take the dougu
General note, the only time that you “avoid” something is really with the futaoki, when you’re opening/closing it.
For that, you go around the left side of the chawan (because it’s centered in front of you).
Otherwise, every other time you would otherwise do that would be really awkward. So you can just go directly over (ie, scooping water)
Instead of making a V from the mizusashi to the kama, now you make a checkmark.
Like an escalator! Ride the escalator up from the mizusashi to the front of the kama, then enter the kama straight from the front.
In shin, you first raise the go up to the height that it would need to be for the kama. Then, very angular-ly, come out, move over, then go in.
Placing the hishaku onto the kama is always oki, kiri.
First time you take water, you okibishaku. Next time, you kiribishaku, even if it’s cold water or if you aren’t making tea with it. Then, repeat always for every time you handle the hishaku.
For shin, it’s always tori-oki, ie “always take as if you are drawing cold water, then always place down with okibishaku.”
You never hikibishaku for shin or gyo, or anything in the juuden.
Sou and gyo are treated the same in juuden, ie for both, you always oki-kiri.
Sweets are:
Omogashi (manju)
Seasonal
Saomono
Fruits
Nuts
Dried fruits + nuts are nice, to give them something easy to carry back if they don’t finish everything. Otherwise, there isn’t a nice way to store the omogashi for later, or a wet piece of fruit, etc.
Nakadachi
Enter with the bowl, sitting directly at the knee line at daisu shomen (no shikko). Bowl goes just to center, straight up center.
Leaving the bon as-is (centered on the ten-ita):
Move chaire 2h
Move chashaku 3h, holding from top/bottom, not pinching sides
Place chasen karioki to the right of the chawan.
Move chakin onto bon (no special care needed to exit from the front, you can just exit from the back of the chawan)
Then the chasen
Then move the dai to 9:00
It’s going to be a tight fit. Hold from 9:00 (L) and 6:00 (R) to make sure you can clear the right side of the chasen.
Then, shikko up and right to get to mizusashi shomen (3x). Move the mizusashi back (maybe so it’s centered on the back half, no real guidance here), then shittai back to imai.
From here, you’re now in midare, so shittai 3x and exit.
Q: Shittai (ie from mizusashi), then shittai again?
Stand with L, take a small step back with L, then cross the heri with R.
Immediately turn with L toward the mawarisado, bring R up to the line, then cross with L.
For shomenguchi, it’s the same thing. Shomenguchi doesn’t really happen here (it’s a yojohan, and yojohan are pretty much always mawarisado), but if you did have to do it, it would be: Cross with R, turn and plant with L, bring R up to the line, then cross with L.
You would turn toward the wall if you’re holding a kensui. Remember that you would need space to place the kensui and shin bow to open the door, so when you’re doing your final R movement, that should actually be back, not forward.
Entering at the beginning, you sit low, then shikko forward 3x. Immediately do ue-shita-ue-ue-shita.
First ue is a 2x pull on the bon. Bring slightly forward, rehold from sides, then bring really forward. No real guidance on exactly where it needs to end up, just to the front of the ten-ita so it’s easy to take things.
Next shita is hibashi, as usual.
Next ue is chaire, which goes to MIZUSASHI SHOMEN on floor.
Next ue is dai (still holding 9 and 6), which gets placed himado-mae!
Final shita is kensui as usual, directly to knee line. Then, immediately take out hoyasan and sorei.
Bring bowl, chaire in front of you. Deal with chaire like karamono.
Placing the shifuku into the slot, you mustn’t cross the lines to put in. You have to go straight from the front, and actually insert it into the slot.
Deal with bowl as usual, alternating oki-kiri for water.
HOWEVER! The temporary position for the chawan is ON THE JI-ITA IN FRONT OF THE MIZUSASHI.
Tatami-kae, if you do it ^as above, it will not look fussy. Do not sit and pick at it. If you’re doing that, you’re holding it wrong.
Random fukusa note, it does go to R knee for karioki for hoya-san. Then after the lid opens, it goes below the kensui.
Chasen does go kensui no kata.
Chashaku does return to the hane after sukui-dashi.
The lid IS going to be a very tight squeeze when placing on the hane.
Making tea etc is all like normal, and same with replenishing after the suikiri. Just make sure you’re still alternating oki-kiri.
Chashaku wiping is at the end, not after you scoop tea. You also only use 1h to place the chashaku onto the chawan (like usual), no 3h nigiriconde etc.
After fukusa koshi after wiping chashaku, dai goes back to himado-mae (ie honjimae). Then, cold water is added (with yugaeshi). Hishaku goes back to shakutate, kama is closed, hoyasan is closed, mizusashi is closed. Then, guest asks for karamono haiken.
Haiken → touch futaoki! Always!
First, move futaoki back slightly. DO NOT DO HIBASHI YET.
Immediately momide, then deal with chaire as usual (gyo-sabaki, placing out to kantsuki). Guest asks for remainder of haiken after fukusa koshi.
Then deal with chashaku, shifuku.
Te wo suite may be shin, gyo, or so. Glenn usually does so.
Also, there is NO NEED to have your hand right in front of you! If it’s more comfortable to do so, your supporting hand could even touch the floor to the left of your knee! This is really more for kyaku, when you’re moving dougu in and out.
Then, place the chawan on the bon (which is still pulled forward!).
THEN you deal with hibashi, now that the bowl is out of the way.
After the hibashi are done, THEN you push-push the bon back to the center of the ten-ita.
Shittai 3x, THEN take the kensui and exit.
Return for the bowl. Sit low, shikko 3x forward. Pull the bon forward once, then take the bon from the sides. Shittai 3x while holding the bon, then exit (still backing out).
Return with the mizutsugi, entering the center of the mat. Sit centered, below the knee line. Place the mizutsugi down first, then shikko diagonally 3x to the mizusashi. Pull the mizusashi forward, returning it to its original position. Open the lid 2h (placing on the left side), add water, close. Shittai back to below the knee line. Stand from there, and exit.
However! You are still in midare, because the kensui hasn’t been returned! So you must back out.
Finally, return with the kensui. You sit low, place the kensui down at temae, then shikko forward. Return the kensui to its home on the ji-ita. Now, you’re free. No more midare, you can stand as usual.
Q: Is that sequence right? I think I’m not sure about where exactly you sit and when exactly you shittai/shikko for these last two moves.
Coming back for haiken dougu:
First, place rikyugata chuu natsume on the ten-ita.
Carry it in with 2h (on L palm), R hangetsu.
Rehold R from the side, then place on the ten-ita 1h. Make sure not to touch the ten-ita with your forearm.
Momide, then take shifuku. Everything here is going to be done with 2h, and kept very close to the original position (ie hovering around the chaire).
Place chaire onto shifuku like buddha, L thumb on kata.
Staying very close, take the chashaku and hold nigiriconde. Then hold the right side of the chaire.
Now, L thumb can drop from kata to center (because R is there).
Back at the door, chashaku goes down as usual, but then chaire + shifuku just goes down as a set, like the chaire is sitting on a zabuton on the floor.
Guest things
Drinking is exactly the same.
Taking dougu from kayoi-datami:
First, shokyaku takes out their kobukusa. Then they momide and place chaire on kobukusa.
From then on, try not to touch the chaire. To move the chaire, you can kinda pinch the sides of the kobukusa so that you’re pressing and holding from the sides, except through the kobukusa.
Everything moves as in karamono. Move chaire, unhook shifuku, move chashaku, re-hook shifuku.
Don’t forget te wo suite!
Chaire stays herisoto on shokyaku kobukusa, chashaku and shifuku stay heriuchi.
Viewing dougu:
Kind of as expected. Karamono stays on kobukusa, and you momide to touch the karamono. Lid goes (flipped if heishibuta) to the upper right corner of the kobukusa.
Chashaku and shifuku are as usual.
Returning dougu:
Tsume brings out all the dougu same as the shokyaku brought it out.
Deai:
Tsume turns chaire with kobukusa hidari-mawari (ie karamono), gives to shokyaku’s right side
Then, do the usual for chashaku and shifuku
Shokyaku:
Momide, then take the chaire directly, turn (hidari-mawari) and place to KAMIZA.
Close kobukusa, then place the other items out (shifuku and chashaku overlapping)
Knee-line questions
During nakadachi — Sit initially at the knee line. Shikko diagonally to the mizusashi to move into midare, then shittai back to the knee line. From there, shittai below the knee line and stand? ANSWER: yes
Entering for temae — Sit lower, then shikko forward (to the knee line). ANSWER: yes
Leaving after temae — Place the dai onto the bon, then move the bon to the center of the ten-ita. Return the hibashi (while sitting at the knee line). Shittai below the knee line, then take the kensui and exit. ANSWER: After putting out shifuku turn to daisu shomen and place chawan/dai on center of hakkei bon, then return hibashi, then put bon to center of tenita. Shittai LRL then take kensui and leave.
Retrieving the bon — Sit lower, then shikko forward (to the knee line). Take the bon, then shittai below the knee line and exit. ANSWER: yes
Replenishing water — Sit directly at the knee line. Place the mizutsugi down (daisu shomen), then shikko diagonally. Fix the mizusashi, replenish water. Shittai (back to the knee line), then stand from the knee line with the mizutsugi, backing out? ANSWER: I want to say stop short (lower than knee line) and then advance RLR on an angle to knee line facing mizusashi. After replenishing shittai on angle back to center (lower than knee line) pick up mizutsugi, stand and back out.
Returning the kensui — Sit lower, then place the kensui down (daisu shomen). Shikko to the knee line. Fix the kensui, then stand directly from the knee line, turning as in hakobi temae. ANSWER: yes
Random
Tantansai did:
Eliminated a number of temae: usucha chawan kazari, natsume kazari, irekodate koicha, nagashidate koicha
Changed the katakuchi mizutsugi from magemono to yakimono
Zabosai changes:
Placing the futaoki into the kensui, no support with L
Daien-no-so, instead of handling wamono with L (and atsukai with R), he’s changed it to handle with R (and atsukai with L). Kinda boring.
When taking the hishaku from the kama, instead of lifting it completely until the go is flat then removing, he changed it to ichimonji (ie lift until it touches the heel of your hand, then take it).
Some things with in-yo, or interesting overall balance:
Chawan on L, chaire on R
Hakke-bon trigram balance (chakin on fire)
Dai with L, bowl with R
Shifuku into a yo slot
Alternating oki-kiri
Interesting here… the only other thing up until this point that has anything similar is gyakugatte, with the kensui alternating.
And actually, I guess wakei chabako has something similar… except that one is really more practical. Alternating kensui doesn’t have a practical reason.
Gyakugatte really has a number of upper-temae similarities, you even do the same kamiza placement with the chaire… hmmmm.