TeaLife Audio – Episode 104 – Being a good guest

Posted on June 18, 2019July 21, 2019 by marius

Hosts

Main topis – Being a good Guest

Poem 72

花入に大小あらば見合せよ、曲尺を外して打つが曲尺也
hanaire ni ōshō araba miawase yo, kane wo hazushite utsu ga kane nari

Where to place a hook to hang a vase big or small?
The correct kane comes with experience: Look!
It’s not measured on the wall

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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

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