Tip
The sou in sou-kazari means full, whole, etc, not 早.
Overall notes
You do not leave your fukusa to indicate skipping haiken. You have already done that by leaving the chawan and natsume on the tana. Leaving your fukusa is an indicator for no mizutsugi.
When to ask questions about dougu
Also applicable in Irekodate, because that temae is just Sou Kazari with a kensui modification.
Rewiping the bowl and Wringing out chakin are the indicators that someone is doing sou-kazari, ie no haiken, so you should ask about things during the temae.
- Chawan — When bowl is first returned, before wiping
- Chashaku — When teishu puts it on fukusa to start kiyome
- Natsume — When teishu moves it back to honjimae
- Mizusashi — When you scoop water to replenish the kama
- Tana — When you put the chawan and natsume on top
- Futaoki — When you take it and turn to mizusashi shomen
- Kama — Not now! Way before, during temae itself.
Starting temae from sou-kazari
This is usually done outside of a chaji context. Maybe you’re having an Atomi Chaji, or more likely, you’re having friends over for usucha and decide to keep going.
- Teishu comes in with just kensui. It is still placed at your side, even though you don’t take anything from it.
- The first thing you do as teishu is koshi fukusa.
- Last thing you do in prior temae → first thing you do in this temae.
- Also, nice to get back into “teishu mode”.
- Then, shift to mizusashi shomen. Simultaneously bring the chawan and chaki down with both hands, then shift back to imai.
- After this, it’s as usual for Tana Usucha. Place futaoki out 3h, then take hishaku.
- Note, you do not need to kagamibishaku here! You have already done it during this “session”. (see Kagamibishaku for reference).
- Kensui to knee line, etc.