From Suzuki Soukei Sensei, 2023-04-24-CU-Tankokai-20th:
(I’ll need to sort these later, but this can be done when I’m doing the full cleanup for this temae)
Teishu notes
After making the kinin’s bowl of tea, the teishu prepares the tomo’s bowl by first asking the kinin if they may proceed. You do not do this in koicha.
- The reason is that the chashaku is also ohatsu. The kinin may want another bowl of usucha, so you must have their permission to use “their chashaku” on the tomo.
- However, there is no chance of needing to use the chashaku for a second bowl for the kinin during koicha, so there is no need to ask for their permission to use the chashaku for the tomo.
At the very end, when exiting after haiken, it is better to take the natsume out of the room.
- Some tana don’t need to have a natsume displayed atop them. Koko-dana is one example of this. Kokodana must have a natsume on display at the start of temae, but at the end, the middle shelf could have a hishaku + futaoki on it. It is fine to leave the top shelf empty.
- For tana like this, you should take the natsume out. After temae, it is no longer ohatsu (it has been “used”), and it is better to not leave it in the kinin’s presence.
Kyaku notes
Whenever the tomo serves the kinin, they do it from the kamiza marudatami. Whenever the host side (teishu, hanto) serves the kinin, they do it from the geza marudatami.
Takatsuki
- Teishu brings in the takatsuki, holding stem with L and platter with R like blade. Takatsuki is placed on the kamiza marudatami (same place as where dougu goes), holding rather far from the kinin. Teishu scoots back 2x, okashi wo douzo, and exits as usual for kinin temae.
- (Takatsuki itself should have a piece of folded hoshigami placed on top)
- Kinin will osaki ni to the tomo (without moving the takatsuki). Then, kansha with L holding stem and R holding platter.
- After taking higashi, kinin places dai to geza. Here it will stay.
- Tomo gets their own higashiki, so it doesn’t go down to them.
- Kinin may want more bowls of tea, so they don’t return the takatsuki.
Dai handling (Kinin)
Note: This is different from my Kinin Guest Procedures notes, which also came from Suzuki Soukei Sensei… so, I don’t think there’s a clear rule for how this has to work.
(K: This corresponds to the notes I have in midorikai).
- Kinin places dai to the left herisoto, then osaki ni to the tomo.
- Note: In prior notes elsewhere, I have it written that kinin never moves things toward the tomo, because there is no world in which the tomo would use something meant for kinin.
- Then, heriuchi center, o-temae chodai itashimasu.
- Then, dai to heriuchi right, take bowl and drink.
- Wipe with your finger, then return bowl to dai, then whole thing herisoto center to haiken.
After drinking, tomo may ask the kinin for haiken. Of course, the kinin is under no obligation to do so.
- Kinin turns the bowl and passes to the tomo. Dai stays herisoto, but ideally higher than the higashiki.
The teishu will continue with the second bowl, and it should be ready around the time the tomo finishes haiken of the kinin’s bowl. At this time, the tomo should swap the kinin’s bowl for theirs.
- Tomo brings the kinin’s bowl with them.
- Tomo sits and places the kinin’s bowl kamiza. Tomo places the bowl from teishu to geza, then turns the kinin’s bowl and places it out for teishu.
- This is big! Usually when doing this kind of swap, the empty bowl is placed geza while the new bowl is placed kamiza. Of course, kinin takes precedence.
Then, for the tomo to drink their tea:
- They place the bowl heriuchi center, oshoban / osaki ni, temae chodai, then drink.
- This is center, rather than R, because the kinin will not drink from this bowl under any circumstances.
Dougu
Suzuki-sensei said nothing about dougu needing to be kiji (interesting!), but he did say that it all needs to be ohatsu, ie “new”. Roughly paraphrasing his story:
Okusama is a member of the royal family, and we had an actual kinin come once to Konnichian. We had to redo everything! New dougu of course, but we also had to re-plaster the rodan and re-upholster the tatami. We even re-plastered the tsuchi-cabe! It was very expensive.
Cliff Notes
History
Dougu
Special Characteristics
Temae (Furo)
Temae (Ro)
Kyaku Notes
Okeiko Records
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