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Charcoal: Sumi for Furo and Ro

Charcoal: Sumi for Furo and Ro

Left: sumi-tori, 炭斗, charcoal-measure, sai-rō, 菜籠, vegetable-basket, for fu-ro, 風炉, wind-hearth. Right: sumi-tori, 炭斗, charcoal-measure, fukube, 瓢, gourd, for ro, 炉, hearth. The cha-dō-gu, 茶道具, tea-way-tools, in both sumi-tori, 炭斗, charcoal-measure, are sumi, 炭, charcoal, ha-bōki,羽箒, feather-brush, hi-bashi, 火箸, fire-rods, a pair of kan, 鐶, metal rings, kō-gō, 香合, incense-gather. In Chanoyu, there is the critically important Ri-kyū Hyaku-shu, 利休百首, Rich-quit Hundred-necks, one hundred poems on the nature, procedures, and utensils written by Sen no Rikyū. Several of these are on the subject of sumi.  炉のうちは炭斗ふくべ柄の火箸陶器香合ねり香と知れ Ro sumi-tori fukube e no hi-bashi tō-ki kō-gō neri-kō to shire Hearth charcoal-measure gourd handled-fire-rods ceramic-container incense-gather knead-incense know and: 風炉の時炭斗菜籠にかね火箸ぬり香合に白檀をたけ...

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