Chawan Kazari

To import from Notion (bad spacing)

• Mizuya notes: bringing in equipment for all the kazari, you should use a secondary chawan to transport the chasen, chakin, and chashaku. This is all very precious dougu.
• My own thoughts — the four kazari temae are very wabi, and from a toriawase point of view, the dougu should reflect the people in the room rather than the value of the dougu. In particular, you should never use meibutsu dougu for kazari. Meibutsu dougu all have their own temae already (in particular, upper temae). The kazari temae are hakobidemae, meaning they descend from the rikyu line instead of the daisu line.
• Mizusashi doesn’t have to be nuributa (can be tomobuta)
• Notable points
  • You can do usucha with chasen kazari
    • TODO check book on this
  • Good time to aisatsu is after the sorei when the teishu sits at temaeza
  • Oft-recommended things to kazaru are robuchi, tea room, mizusashi, furosaki byobu. Maybe kama?
  • Handling is the same as basic kazari

Cliff notes

Tokonoma kazari

• Chawan wrapped in purple gomotsubukuro
• TODO what is fukusa position in toko? ➕ 2023-04-14 ✅ 2023-04-16
  • From Chanoyu Quarterly (ro version), un-sewn edge is on the right.

Setup

• Chasen on chakin on nuributa front, chashaku on R nuributa front
• Chawan at mizusashi shomen with chaire inside

Procedure

• Beginning:
  • Bring chawan + chaire 2h to temae. (2h is because it has something in it, as well as because it’s chawan kazari)
  • Is it one hand holding, and another supporting or both hands?
  • TODO L support while taking chaire out of bowl? Or just 1h R the whole way? (I prefer L support, then drop the hand to just 1h when it’s out of the bowl) ➕ 2023-04-14 ✅ 2023-04-16
    • We worked through this ourselves, not with Glenn, and this is what we came up with:
      • When taking the chawan originally, when it has chaire inside, that should be 2h equally holding. This is because you have something inside, and you want to be extra careful.
        • UPDATE: CQ says 1h with other support, not equal 2h.
      • When placing the chawan out for guests, you also need to take it 2h equally holding, just because of the mechanics of where you are. There isn’t a good way to do this with one hand being the primary.
      • All other times, ie most of the time when you’re handling during temae, it should be 1h primary (R) with 1h support (L). In this way, you’re handling it “like usual”, but just with a little extra care.
• When do items come down from nuributa:
  • Chashaku: just as you start wiping (sou-sabaki → take → wipe)
  • Chasen: after chashaku wipe, ie the same time you would have otherwise taken it out of the bowl during hira-demae
  • Chakin: just as you need it to purify chawan. You do return it in ro to the nuributa — in this way, timing is identical to hira-demae
• Add water + chasen to chawan first, then move chawan to imai
• Always handle bowl with two hands (except when dumping into kensui)
• After finishing kneading tea:
  • Take chawan 2h (bowl in palm) and turn to kyakutsuki.
  • Open kobukusa chabako-style, place out.
  • Turn bowl 2h on floor, then place out 2h onto kobukusa.
  • Scoot back 2x, hikae. After ofukukagen, scoot up and close (in ro). (Furo, I would scoot up too).
• When bowl is returned:
  • Turn completely to kyakutsuki
  • 2h bowl to temae. Close kobukusa, return to kaichuu
  • Take chawan 2h (bowl in palm) and turn to imai.
  • Bowl down, sorei.
• Kyaku ask go-yuissho wa, not o-chawan wa
• 1h move bowl to katte when starting haiken (not 2h!)

Kyaku handling

• Chawan on kobukusa goes heriuchi geza for sorei (like usual for hira-demae)
• To drink:
  • Bring bowl centered in front of you, heriuchi
  • 2h turn bowl on kobukusa
  • Take kobukusa + chawan, kansha, drink
  • Place back down, wipe, turn back 2h, pass to next guest
  • After next guest receives it, ichirei (both of you) as usual.
• TODO Kansha is after turning the bowl for this. Second guest onward, do you do two bows? one ichirei with guest ahead of you for passing the bowl, one for kansha? Usually, that is just one bow all together. ➕ 2023-04-14 ✅ 2023-04-16
  • Both Glenn and ourselves working through it: It makes no sense for the guest to raise the bowl 2x, one for uke-rei and one for kansha. The ichirei between shokyaku and jikyaku counts for both for the jikyaku. (NOTE: This is in comparison to the shokyaku, who does kansha separately after turning the bowl).
  • This does mean that the shokyaku and renkyaku do different things.
• Pointo: Chawan never leaves the kobukusa. Even for haiken, you don’t view the kobukusa (nor do you ask about it).