Tip
The word keshiki = scenery.
This mostly applies to Tana Usucha and Tana Koicha.
Suzuki-sensei’s philosophy
Always take the hishaku out after koicha. For usucha, it’s nice to leave it.
Glenn’s philosophy
The keshiki should change every single time you interact with the tana. Taking a tana like Rikyu Marujoku as an example, you have the following opportunities to do so:
- During the Sho-iri, guests enter to see the Haboki (naname) and Kogo (below the haboki) on the tana.
- At the end of Shozumi, teishu replaces the haboki and kogo with a natsume when coming to answer questions.
- During Nakadachi, teishu places out the chaire for koicha.
At this point, you have two further keshiki changes to make (nothing changes during Gozumi):
- After koicha.
- After usucha.
There are not that many further kazari options for marujoku:
- Hishaku naname with natsume and futaoki
- Same, but without natsume, maybe?
- Hishaku vertical (only sou-kazari?)
In this case, you only really have one option. However, for something like Ryuusei-dana, you may have a few other options which are nice to explore.
Exception (Hakobi with tana)
In my notes, I wrote that glenn says you must take hishaku out after a hakobi koicha temae, eg:
- Shitsuke tana
- Gogyodana
I don’t know why.