Dragon in Chanoyu
…龍の息, dragon-’s-breath. The dragon’s saliva, also, can produce fragrances of all kinds. A dragon’s breath becomes clouds that provide a place so that dragons can hide and create rain or…
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Dragon in Chanoyu Part 2
…headed north toward deity and Satori. The dragon is the symbol of Enlightenment in Buddhism. The dragon figures in the development of the Kundalini. The Kanji for dragon, 龍, is…
Unryū Gama
…kettle is the image of a dragon in clouds. Dragons bring rain. They are symbols of enlightenment, the emperor is likened to a dragon, and only he can wear the…
Tea in March
…1.8 sun kane-jaku, a measurement that was preferred by Rikyū. Un-ryū gama,’ 雲龍釜, Cloud-dragon kettle; patinated tetsu, 鉄, iron, with relief design of a serpentine dragon in clouds. The dragon…
Tea in March Part 2
…east. The zodiac sign following the Hare is the dragon, Tatsu, 龍. Dragon motifs on Tea utensils have extensive symbolism. In early Chinese belief, there were five dragons in the…
Go-gatsu
…they became four-clawed dragons. With the passage of time, people combined the two when drawing dragons. The front two feet of the dragon have three claws and four claws on…
Cha 茶月Tsuki
…dispel desires to which all humans are subject. January 1, 2024. Year of the Dragon. Ki-no-e Tatsu, 甲辰, Wood’s older-brother Dragon. For further study, see also: December Observances, Tea…
Hibashi
…koku-ryū, 黑龍, black-dragon, and is also called gen-ryū, 玄龍, black-dragon. The more familiar creature identified with the north is Gen-bu, 玄武, black-warrior, or black tortoise-snake. The black dragon may be…
Furo: Style and Form
…art. These creatures are not necessarily lions. They may be one of the nine sons of the Dragon King in Chinese culture: Ryū–sei Kyū–shi, 竜生九子, Dragon-born Nine-child. In Japanese culture,…
Kuro: The Color Black in Chanoyu – Part 1
…of the temple, Dragon Pool, metaphorically brings the dragon into the Tea room for 2024, a Tatsu-doshi, 辰年, Dragon-year. Partially rolled kake-jiku, 掛軸, hang-scroll, showing the folded fū-tai, 風帯, wind-strap,…