Hosts:
– Adam
– Marius
– Anthony
Poem
51. 湯を汲まば 柄杓に心 月の輪 の損ねぬように覺悟して汲め
yu wo kumaba hishaku ni kokoro tsuki no wa no sokonenu yō ni kakugo shite kume
When drawing water
From the kettle you must care
For the crescent moon:
Scoop so you do not damage
This delicate bamboo lune
Main Topic – Year of the Dog
Hosts:
– Adam
– Marius
– Damian
POEM
茶入より茶掬ふには心得て初中後すくへそれが秘事也
chaire yori cha tsukū niwa kokoroete syo chū go sukue sore ga hiji nari
Distinguish in three
The manner of scooping tea
From a chaire
Scoop at first, then midst, and end
The secret here does
Keep TeaLife Audio on the Air, donate $1 a month
Hosts
– Adam
– Marius
– Damian
– Anthony
Poem
喚鐘は大と小とに中々に大と、五ツの数を打つ也
Strike a gong or like
To end your guests’ respite
The pattern is five:
Starting first with a strike strong
then weak, mid, mid, ending strong
Main Topic – What to do with old dogu
Information referenced
– http://patreon.com/tealife
– http://tealife.audio/support
Keep TeaLife Audio on the Air, donate $1 a month
Host:
– Adam
– Marius
– Anthony
Guests:
– Ula
– Ole Marius
Poem
小板にて濃茶を立てば茶巾をば小板の端に置く物ぞ可し
Where sits the chakin
During the thick tea rite?
At the brazier’s feet
The front edge of the small board
Presents itself as a seat
Topic – Robiraki
Information referenced:
端的底看聻 – Mawari sumi saying
TeaLife Audio need your support to stay on the air. Please go to our Support page to learn how to help us keep the episode coming.
Hosts:
Poem:
餘所などに花を贈らば、其の花は開き過ぎしを遣らぬ物也
yoso nado ni hana wo okuraba, sono hana wa hiraki sugishi wo yaranu mono nari
Flowers in full bloom;
An unwelcome gift to the
Host of chanoyu –
How should one hide their distaste
When the alcove is wilting?
Main Topic: Nakaoki
Information referenced:
The one Taste of Truth: Zen and the Art of Drinking Tea
Go Gyou Dana
Please visit our Support page to see ways you can help keep this podcast running.
Host:
– Adam
– Marius
Main Topic – A different way of naming chashau
Information referenced:
– Book: Zen Sand
The pouch
The book and the chashaku
Adam working on the names
Hosts:
– Adam
– Marius
– Anthony
水指に手桶出さば、手は橫に、前の蓋取り先に重ねよ
mizusashi ni toke daseba, te wa yoko ni, mae no futa tori saki ni kasane yo
Should a teoke
Be used for the water jar
Orientate the
Handle side-to-side and rest
The front lid on the far lid
Information References:
Pitelka, Morgan, ed. Japanese Tea Culture: Art, History, and Practice. New York: RoutledgeCurzon, 2003.
http://amzn.to/2xb0QA9
Hosts
– Marius
Guest
– Rebecca
Rebecca
Main Topic – Women in tea
–
Information referenced:
Books
Corbett, Rebecca. Cultivating Femininity: Women and Tea Culture in Edo and Meiji Japan. (Forthcoming) Honolulu: University of Hawai`i Press, Spring, 2018.
Guth, Christine. Art, Tea, and Industry: Masuda Takashi and the Mitsui Circle. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1993.
http://amzn.to/2xKpeMj
Kato, Etsuko. The Tea Ceremony and Women’s Empowerment in Modern Japan: Bodies Re-Presenting the Past. London: RoutledgeCurzon, 2004.
http://amzn.to/2xeQxga
Pitelka, Morgan. Handmade Culture: Raku Potters, Patrons, and Tea Practitioners in Japan. Honolulu: University of Hawai`i Press, 2005.
http://amzn.to/2wp5ZaR
Pitelka, Morgan, ed. Japanese Tea Culture: Art, History, and Practice. New York: RoutledgeCurzon, 2003.
http://amzn.to/2xb0QA9
Pitelka, Morgan. Spectacular Accumulation: Material Culture, Tokugawa Ieyasu, and Samurai Sociability. Honolulu: University of Hawai`i Press, 2016.
http://amzn.to/2xKFsEW
Surak, Kristin. Making Tea, Making Japan: Cultural Nationalism in Practice. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 2013.
http://amzn.to/2xeFvaJ
Kindle: http://amzn.to/2xJx2xK
Journal articles
Corbett, Rebecca. “Crafting Identity as a Tea Practitioner in Early Modern Japan: ?tagaki Rengetsu and Tagami Kikusha.” U.S.-Japan Women’s Journal 47 (2014): 3?27.
Corbett, Rebecca. “Learning to Be Graceful: Tea in Early Modern Guides for Women’s Edification.” Japanese Studies 29 (2009): 81?94.
Pitelka, Morgan. “Tea Taste: Patronage and Collaboration among Tea Masters and Potters in Early Modern Japan.” Early Modern Japan: An Interdisciplinary Journal (Fall?Winter, 2004): 26?38.
http://hdl.handle.net/1811/5825
Rath, Eric C. “Reevaluating Riky?: Kaiseki and the Origins of Japanese Cuisine.” Journal of Japanese Studies 39, no. 1 (2013): 67?96.
*You will need a subscription to access most of these journal articles, or you may be able to purchase a copy of a single issue from the publisher. Anyone with a university affiliation should be able to access these articles electronically through their university library, or obtain a copy via interlibrary loan/document delivery if the university does not have a subscription. For those without a university affiliation, you can try your local, state, or national library for electronic access, and again requesting a copy of an article may be possible through their interlibrary loan/document delivery service.
Hosts
Guest
茶入、又茶筌の曲尺をよくも知れ、跡に殘せる道具目當に
chaire, mata chasen no kane wo yoku mo shire, ato ni nokoseru d?gu meate ni
Understand well the
Placement of the chaire
and next the chasen
For as they are used in turn
One guides the other’s return
Main Topic – Incense
–
Information referenced:
Hosts
Poem
運び立て 水指置くは 橫疊二ツ割りにて眞中に置け
hakobi-date mizusashi oku wa yoko-datami futatsu wari nite mannaka ni oke
When carrying and
Placing the fresh water jar
Divide the depth of
The mat into two halves and
Place the water on centre
Main Topic: Making Changes
Information Referenced
The chashaku Adam received
Please support us on Patreon or go to support page to find other options tealife.audio/support