11月第2週、第3週はそれぞれ初炭点前、後炭点前をお稽古しました。
第4週目は炉で四ヶ伝、唐物のお稽古でした。床の掛物は『喫茶去』、花は山茶花です。一週間前は固い蕾だったのがこんなに鮮やかに開きはじめました。お菓子はお饅頭・草餅・果物の梨の三種を縁高に盛りました。
We practiced shozumidemae and gozumidemae in ro hearth on the second and third week of November. I hung the scroll of calligraphy which translates “would you like to have tea?”. The flower I chose was a camellia Japonica or sasanqua, which opened beautifully after I picked a week ago as a bud. Since this was shikaden procedure, we served three sweets—a Korean potato cake, a mugwort rice cake, and a slice of pear.
炉での四ヶ伝、唐物のお稽古は初めてです。亭主の座る位置とお道具を置く場所が風炉の場合と異なりますが、基本的には同じです。けれども、初めて唐物のお稽古をするように生徒さんが戸惑っているのが印象的でした
It was the first time for the students to practice karamono procedure with ro hearth. Even though we already learned the same procedure with furo hearth, students looked a little puzzled with this one since the location of the tools and the host were different.
