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Pine Needles in Tea and Zen

Pine Needles in Tea and Zen

Ga-ran-dō, 伽蘭洞, Attend-orchid-cave; kake-jiku, 掛軸, hang-scroll, with calligraphy, ‘Shō-fu-za’, 松風坐, Pine-wind-sit, by Nyo-kyō(?), 如郷, Like-village. L. 5 shaku kane-jaku. Top: shi-fuku, 仕覆, serve-cover, silk drawstring bag tailored to fit a cha-ire, 茶入, tea-receptacle: the himo, 紐, or o, 緒, cord stretched loop length is 6 sun kane-jaku. Shifuku fabric pattern is Ichi-matsu takara don-su, 市松宝緞子, City-pine treasure damask-of. Middle: eda-zumi, 枝炭, branch-charcoal, for ro, 炉, hearth; 6 sun kane-jaku. The edazumi is made of a tsu-tsuji, 躑躅, azalea twig that is made into charcoal and covered with go-fun, 胡粉, foreign-flour, made of burned oyster or clam shells ground to a chalk white powder. The shells from the...

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