2024年10月
11月からは炉の季節です。10月第3週第4週に慌てて風炉炭点前のお稽古をしました。お稽古用の炭を使ってのお稽古です。 箸に慣れていず悪戦苦闘の生徒さん、上手に火箸でお炭を置く生徒さん様々です。
初炭点前で炭を次いだ後、前土器の手前の灰を月型に切り、後炭点前ではその月型を藤灰で埋めます。
すると白い半月が浮かびあがります。皆その景色に感動です。
また後炭手前で、濡れた茶巾でお釜の胴の裏側を『二』、手前に『つ』と書くと、そのあとがす〜と蒸発して消えていく様の優雅さにまたまた感嘆。こんな美意識を体験できる茶道の魅力の奥深さを感じています。
From November, it is the season for the ro hearth. In the third and fourth weeks of October, I hurriedly practiced the procedure of the furo charcoal. We used practice charcoal for the lessons. There were students struggling with the chopsticks, while others skillfully used the fire chopsticks to place the charcoal. After placing the charcoal, we cut the ash in the shape of a half moon in front of the earthenware. In the gozumi charcoal procedure, this half moon shape is filled with wisteria ash. This creates a white half-moon shape that floats up, and everyone was moved by its beauty. Additionally, in the gozumi charcoal procedure, when a wet tea cloth is used to write the character ‘二’ (ni) on the back of the kettle’s body and ‘つ’ (tsu) in front, the marks gracefully vanish as they evaporate, leaving a delicate and elegant impression. This experience of such aesthetics makes me appreciate the profound charm of the tea ceremony.
