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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Boards in Tea: Ita
Boards in Tea: Ita
The dai-su, 台子, support-of, utensils display stand, is composed of a rectangular ji-ita, 地板, earth-board, and ten-ita, 天板, heaven-board, supported on four corner posts, which are identified with the four seasons. The daisu may be placed where it is needed. Water for tea is heated in a kama, supported on a portable brazier, fu-ro, 風炉, wind-hearth. Because the charcoal fire heats the furo, the furo is placed on the jiita to protect the tatami flooring. This is the model by which all portable braziers are employed, and although not called by its function, but is the origin on the shiki-ita, 敷板, spread-board. The model for the daisu...
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