Gyakugatte

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Also Okeiko-Glenn-2024-07-14 has good gyakugatte notes.

From Suzuki Soukei Sensei in Midorikai little book transcription — Ro

Suzuki-sensei says that the lid position relative to the chawan follows shin / gyo / sou.

• 3’ is shin, reserved for chaire lid
• 4:30’ is gyo, reserved for natsume lid
• 6’ is sou, reserved for all non-standard chaki and for gyakugatte. Gyakugatte, irrespective of chaki, is always sou.

On positioning:

• Chakin is tenari on kama lid, not straight.
• Kama lid is parallel to your body.

When taking hishaku at the beginning of the temae, to place on futaoki:

General notes, not necessarily Suzuki-sensei specific but still coming from my notes with him:

• Fukusa sabaki is over R knee
• Leaving with kensui, hold like hongatte (in L), but hide kensui against R wall. Slowly straighten your arm as you turn to keep hensui hidden as you stand.
• Haiken dougu is kamiza-order, not R → L order.
• Fukusa from waist, flip up like how women do in hongatte, then give to L.
• Sumi, when placed into the rochuu, is the same as hongatte. The sumitori is backwards, but the kuda / wari are still L / R respectively.
• Always pick up hishaku with R from kama.
• Always handle futaoki with R (except for very end when holding hishaku for exiting).
• Nakajimai (?), 3h futaoki.
• Always alternate L and R emptying kensui.
  • If you have one guest, you do chasentoshi oyu (L), bowl return oyu (R), shimai mizu (L).
  • Two guests, you continue alternating L R L R etc.
• Sotozumi

Cliff Notes

• Fukusa is on R obi. Always take women’s style, ie flipping up and taking instead of pulling. Place upside down when giving to L, and take the top fold.
• Always cross tatami heri with the foot closest to the guest (left foot on entering, right foot on leaving).
• Kensui always stays in the kattetsuki hand (R for entering, L for leaving).
• Use kattetsuki hand (ie R) for karioki when doing okiawase.
• Hishaku handling is the same as chashaku, ie walk up → walk down.
  • Placing down: L thumb on fushi, R slightly below, rehold into L, place down.
  • Picking up: Opposite of above.
• When using fukusa for the lid, karioki position is above R knee.
• Chawan / chaire handling:
  • Furo: L → R for chawan, R for chaire
  • Ro: 3H for chawan (?), R for chaire
• Fukusa handling, chakin both over R knee.
• Chaire goes on a diagonal to the mizusashi (tenari), and chasen goes mizusashi shomen (facing the same direction as the mizusashi, not tenari).
• Emptying chawan into the kensui, alternate between L pours (2h) and R pours (3h). L first.
• Chaki lid goes to 6:00 (koicha and usucha both).
• Bowl goes out with L.
  • Q: How does kobukusa go out? Flip around, then rehold and place with L?
• Haiken dougu stays kamiza ordered always (not R → L).
• Leaving with kensui, hold in L, but stand and turn to hide the kensui.
• Tana kazari is also mirrored.
  • Hishaku is placed on tana with L, not R.
  • Other dougu (natsume, futaoki) are kamiza arranged, not R → L arranged.

Koicha

• Do not flip the shifuku. Place down with R.

Usucha

• During hakobi, enter with bowl in L, natsume in R. Walk directly to mizusashi shomen, and place natsume to L position, then take chawan in R and place to R position.

Furo

Ro

• Chakin is tenari on the lid
• Kama lid (when cracked open) should be parallel to your body
• Sotozumi
• Kao on kama should be the same as if it was in furo and slid into the ro (ie facing kamiza). Suzuki sensei opinion.
• Fukusa karioki position after closing lid during kiyome is still by right knee, not mirrored (source: white book)

History

Which came first, gyakugatte or dairo?