Kinindate Koicha
Created: November 14, 2018 3:43 AM
Tags: Guest, Ro
Updated: October 3, 2019 10:21 AM
Ro-sensei
Some notes from today on Kinindate. Teishu portion is pretty much by the book, but kyaku/hanto isn’t well-explained.
- At the start, teishu comes in with okashi from a closed door.
- Bow with okashi on your side.
- Hold dai stem with left hand, steady with right hand.
- Place in front of kinin, scoot back, and bow. The kinin will be seated in the middle of a tatami, so directly in front of them is heri. Bias it toward their right.
- Turn and exit back to the door. At the door, say “okashi wo douzo” (no other guests, so it’s not “tori mawashi”).
- Teishu comes in from a closed door, starts with a bow with dai on the side.
- After sorei, hanto comes in.
- Open door, bow and say “shitsureishimasu”. Kinin should say something like “douzo hairi kudasai”.
- Scoot in, turn (in scoot position), close door, turn back.
- Sit diagonal facing kinin with hands at side in ready position.
- Kinin starts eating okashi after the hanto comes in (they need to be able to talk to the hanto during their entrance).
- Lift dai for kansha.
- Take whole kaishi + kuromoji from the dai and place on your own kaishi.
- Haiken the dai.
- Turn away and place dai to the left, herisoto.
- Then eat okashi.
- Once tea is placed out for serving, hanto walks over.
- Hanto sits and picks up dai, places it on tatami closer to the kinin (kinin should be within hachijo away).
- Turn to face kinin. Turn the dai on the ground and give to kinin.
- Scoot back, bow. “Sage-itashimasu”, then scoot close. Pick up the okashi dai and stand.
- Place in the corner by the sadoguchi.
- Kinin now drinks.
- Bring the dai in heriuchi and places it to their right above the knee (like haiken temporary position).
- Pick up the chawan only (not dai).
- Give bow for kansha. No “otemae chodai” (koicha dakara)
- Take a drink. Host says “ofukukagen wa” like normal.
- Continue taking another sip. Leave a healthy amount in the bottom (at least one sip worth). This gives the host time to move the hishaku etc over for nakadachi.
- Once host is in position, place the bowl back on the dai. Ask questions like normal.
- Once questions are complete, pick up bowl and continue drinking.
- After suikiri, haiken. Place the bowl back on the dai, then bring the dai in front of you (heriuchi).
- Wipe the bowl like normal and turn it back to face the original direction.
- Place the dai herisoto and haiken the bowl. Note: you don’t haiken the dai. The dai should be made of kiji and not particularly interesting. More importantly though, you would have nowhere to place the bowl if you looked at the dai.
- On completion, turn the dai and put it back in the same spot it was served to you, ie kinin’s right. Not left like the okashi dai.
- Hanto comes to pick up the bowl. Reverse of serving the bowl, nothing special.
- Fast forward to haiken kyome. Hanto brings the utensils over.
- Hanto should stand at the same time as the host stands with the kensui. This helps so the hanto doesn’t get in the way of the host.
- Hanto brings over utensils (not separating chashaku+shifuku). Again, scooting, not standing.
- After placing utensils and bowing, hanto stands and moonwalks to a position hachijo away from the sadoguchi (next to their old position).
- Hanto waits here until kinin is done. Note: haiken can start once the host enters with mizutsugi.
- Hanto picks up equipment as usual, scoots, places at temaeza.
- Hanto sits at sadoguchi, opens door, scoots through, turns around (scooted). Says shitsureishimashita, closes door. Host immediately enters after door is closed.