Hosts:
– Marius
– Anthony
Poem
とにかくに服の加減を覚ゆるは濃茶たびたび点て、能く知れ
To learn how to make good koicha you must make it time and again to get a good sense of it
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Hosts:
– Marius
– Anthony
Poem
とにかくに服の加減を覚ゆるは濃茶たびたび点て、能く知れ
To learn how to make good koicha you must make it time and again to get a good sense of it
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Hosts:
– Marius
– Anthony
Guest:
– Allan-sensei
Poem:
濃茶には湯加減あつく服は尚ほ泡なきやうにかたまりもなく
For koicha have the water temperature hot and make the tea so there is no foam nor any lumps
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Hosts
– Marius
– Damian
– Naomi
Guest:
– Phillip
Poem #11:
濃茶には点前をすてて一筋に
服の加減と息をもらすな
For koicha, spare the temae and focus on tempering the tea and not letting your breath escape.
Information referenced:
– Electric Incense heater
– Move
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Host:
– Anthony
Guest:
– Hamana-sensei
Outline
– Language
– Sumi
– Teaching
Poem #10
点前こそ薄茶にあれと聞くものを
麁相になせし人はあやまり
(Those who make little of the advice that usucha constitutes the key temae are wrong.)
Hosts:
– Marius
– Damian
Poem #9
何にても置き付けかへる手離れは
恋しき人にわかるると知る
Whenever you set anything down as you change its position,
withdraw your hand as though it were parting from a loved one.
Tea Practice – Futaoki
Image of Rikyu seven futaoki http://issoant
Thank to Hamana-sensei and Phillip for allowing us to use their photos.
Hosts:
– Aaron
– Marius
– Damian
– Anthony
Guest:
– Ula
Outline
– How was Hawaii
Poem #8
何にても道具扱ふたびごとに取る手は軽く置く手重かれ
naninite mo dogu atsukau tabi goto ni toute wa karuku okute omokare.
(Whatever utensil you handle, pick it up as if it were light and put it down as if it were heavy.)
Information referenced:
Hosts
– Aaron
– Marius
– Anthony
Poem #7
点前には強みばかりを思ふなよ強きは弱く軽く重かれ
“Temae ni wa tsuyomi bakari o omouna yo tsuyoki wa yowaku karuku omokare.”
(Do not think that temae merely is to be conducted with strength. Show a weak touch with the strong and a heavy
We would like to make a question and answer page for the Japanese Way of Tea. StackExchange is a site that specialise in this type of Q&A sites. Check out their list of sites, maybe you’ll find something interesting. We have proposed a new site called Chanoyu – Japanese Way of Tea. There is a bit of a process to go from proposal to a Q&A site. To manage that we need your help!
The process
Please help us by doing the following
Go to http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/95567/chanoyu-japanese-way-of-tea
Then click on this link: http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/95567/chanoyu-japanese-way-of-tea?tab=votes#tab-top It will take you back to the page showing the questions with the highest number of votes on the top.
Thank you for your help! We believe this will be a great way to share tea knowledge, and we hope yo see you on there soon!
Hosts:
– Marius
– Damien
– Naomi
– Anthony
Guest:
– Michelle
Poem #6
点前には弱みをすててただ強くされど風俗いやしきを去れ
“Temae ni wa yowami o sutete tada tsuyoku saredo fuzoku iyashiki o sare.”
(In temae, abandon your weaknesses and just be strong. However, refrain from being offensive in manner.)
Kimono
Please support our efforts to start a question and answer site:
– http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/95567/chanoyu-japanese-way-of-tea
– We made a short page describing what to do and why, you’ll find it at this link http://tealife.audio/questions-and-answer-site/
Information referenced:
– http://www.dryel.com
– Talikin’ Tea https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/talking-tea/id927231965?mt=2
– Kimono controversy
— http://kimonoseikatsu.weebly.com/blog/views-of-kimono-wednesday-from-a-counter-protester
— http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/la-japonaise-camille-monet-in-japanese-costume-33556