See CQ-27-Irekodate.pdf.
Special characteristics
This temae is basically just:
- Sou Kazari
- Mixed with leaving your fukusa to indicate no mizutsugi
- Mixed with a special kensui to allow you to stack everything upon entrance
Holding kensui and chawan stacked together are like below:
Holding the kensui when exiting is done with a flat palm, thumb inside the kensui.
Kensui placement
It differs between ro and furo. In both cases, you place the kensui directly onto the knee line (bisected) when you first enter.
Opening:
- Furo: After kagami-bishaku, pull the kensui down so it’s tangent to the knee line, and simultaneously turn the seam to the wall.
- Ro: After kagami-bishaku, only turn the seam to the wall. No movement.
Closing:
- Furo: Rotate the seam back to “vertical”, and also pull the kensui down like usual in furo.
- Ro: Rotate the seam back to “vertical”, and also pull the kensui down to below the knee line.
Temae
Opening
- Sit with kensui as described above.
- Take down natsume with R, then teabowl with 2H → L to place down.
- 3H atsukai futaoki to place in normal position.
- Take hishaku, Kagamibishaku, and place on futaoki.
- Pull the kensui back as described above.
From here, it’s more-or-less the same until closing.
Closing
Closing is more-or-less just Sou Kazari closing, but with the addition of Leaving the fukusa and the kensui.
Sou Kazari bits:
- Rewipe the bowl with the chakin after chasentoshi.
- Wring out chakin, then refold and place into bowl.
- Continue and return everything to honjimai.
- Add cold water, etc etc.
- Close mizusashi lid.
- Return hishaku and futaoki to tana.
- Scoot over to sit directly in front of the tana, both hands lift bowl and natsume onto the tana at the same time.
- Fold fukusa into sou-sabaki, and leave fukusa on lid.
- Scoot back to imai, then exit.