TeaLife Audio – Episode 103 – Roji

Posted on May 25, 2019June 10, 2019 by marius

Host

Topic – Roji

Poem 71.

Place the alcove hook to suspend a flower vase at a height around:
3 shaku 3 sun 5 bu – let this precedent guide you

花入の折釘うつは地敷居より
三尺三寸五分餘もあり

hanaire no orikugi utsu wa jishikii yori san shaku san sun go bu amari mo ari

Info referenced:
Japanese Tea Garden (affiliate link) https://amzn.to/2Yld6uh
Bamboo Fences (affiliate link) https://amzn.to/2Jx9ill

TeaLife Audio – Episode 102 – Shin Gyou Sou

Posted on April 1, 2019April 1, 2019 by marius

Host
– Ula
– Aaron
– Marius

Main Topic
Shin Gyou Sou

Poem
#70 うす板とこの大小また花や花生によりかはるしなしな

The thin board for the flower container changes in relation to the size of alcove, flowers and flower container

Posted on March 15, 2019April 1, 2019 by marius

Host

Main Topic – Gyakugatte

Poem
69. うす板は床かまちより十七目、または十八十九目におけ

The thin board is placed seventeen weaves from the edge of the alcove’s step
But this is not absolute; 18 or 19 may suit