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Hosts - Adam - Marius Poem 60. 燈火に油をつがば多くつげ、客にあかかざる心得と知れ tomoshibi ni yu o tsugaba ōku tsuge, kyaku ni akazaru kokoroe to shire Add liberally oil to your night lamp for tea, For should the lamp fade and your guests be left in dark, how impoverished the scene be.   Main Topic: What to buy when on a budget

Hosts Adam Marius Poem 59. 燈火に陰と陽との二つあり、あかつき陰に夜は陽なり tomoshibi ni in to yō tono futatsu ari, akatsuki in ni yoi wa yō nari For lamps of the sort To their yin and yang give thought Yin light suits the dawn While the darkness of the night Wants the strength of yang burn bright   Main Topic - Tea Offerings    Information Referenced: Kyoto Journal https://kyotojournalcurrent.org...

Hosts - Adam - Marius - Anthony Poem 58. 暁は数寄屋のうちも行燈に、夜会などには短檠を置け akatsuki wa sukiya no uchi mo andon ni, yakai nado niwa tankei wo oke A dawn gathering Befits the soft light of lamps Wrapped with paper shade While a night gathering wants An oil lamp through dark pervade Main Topic- Taking Notes        

Hosts - Marius - Anthony    Special Apperance - Aaron - Ula    

Hosts - Marius - Anthony Main topic - Reviewing Anthonys chaji   Information Referenced - The flow chart the way it was used for the chaji https://chanoyu.world/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Chaji-Flow-2018.pdf

Host Adam Marius Anthony Poem   Main Topic: Hiroshima     Information referenced: Cultivating Femininity: Women and Tea Culture in Edo and Meji Japan.  https://amzn.to/2wlJgNe

Hosts Adam Marius Anthony   釣甁こそ手は竪に置け、蓋取らば釜に近付方と知るべし tsurube koso te wa tate ni oke, futa toraba kama ni chikazuku hō to shiru beshi Place the tsurube Crosspiece lengthways with the lids One slat either side Then for which lid you must take Remember: 'the kettle side' Main Topic: Hierarchy in Tea  

Hosts: Adam Marius Anthony   Guests: Gilles Takeo   Main topic: Visiting Moku-an and Sohen Ryu   Information Referenced: The Ideologies of Japanese Tea by Tim Cross The Zen Arts by Rupert A. Cox  

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Host Aaron Marius Guest Ula   Poem 茶を振るは手先を振ると思うなよ肘より振れよ、それが秘事也 cha wo furu wa tesaki wo furu to omou na yo hiji yori fure yo sore ga hiji nari When whisking the cha Think not of nimble fingers Nor a snappy wrist Instead whisk from your elbow From here does the action flow The rhyming of 'hiji' (elbow) and 'hiji' (secret matter) seems intentional. I have reflected this...

Hosts Adam Marius Anthony   Poem 柄杓にて白湯と水とを汲む時は、汲むと思はじ、持つと思はじ hishaku nite sayu to mizu to o kumu toki wa, kumu to omowaji, motsu to omowaji Scoop without scooping When you draw up hot water Scoop without scooping When you ladle fresh water Hold the shaku with no hand   Information Referenced Tea Duet: https://vimeo.com/214474765 Adams temae video  https://vimeo.com/255...

Hosts Adam Marius Anthony Poem 湯を汲みて茶碗に入る、其の時の柄杓の捻は肱よりぞ爲る yu o kumite chawan ni ireru, sono toki no hishaku no neji wa hiji kara yori zo suru Into a tea bowl The cascade of water hot Flows from the elbow, Urged by a twist from this joint A hot stream chords from bamboo Information referenced: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Cultivating Femininity http://amzn....

Hosts Adam Damian Anthony   Poem   Main Topic - Teaching Online   Information referenced: Randys book:  http://amzn.to/2Flj190 Vocabulary book: https://www.amazon.co.jp/%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A9%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%E3%81%A7%E8%A6%9A%E3%81%88%E3%82%8B-%E8%8C%B6%E3%81%AE%E6%B9%AF%E8%8B%B1%E5%8D%98%E8%AA%9E-%E3%83%96%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB-%E6%BF%B1%E5%90%8D%E5%AE%97%E6%95%B4/dp/4473041921

Hosts: - Adam - Marius - Anthony Poem 51. 湯を汲まば 柄杓に心 月の輪 の損ねぬように覺悟して汲め yu wo kumaba hishaku ni kokoro tsuki no wa no sokonenu yō ni kakugo shite kume When drawing water From the kettle you must care For the crescent moon: Scoop so you do no

Hosts: - Adam - Marius - Damian POEM 茶入より茶掬ふには心得て初中後すくへそれが秘事也 chaire yori cha tsukū niwa kokoroete syo chū go sukue sore ga hiji nari Distinguish in three The manner of scooping tea From a chaire Scoop at first, then midst, and end The secret here does

Hosts - Adam - Marius - Damian - Anthony Poem 喚鐘は大と小とに中々に大と、五ツの数を打つ也 Strike a gong or like To end your guests' respite The pattern is five: Starting first with a strike strong then weak, mid, mid, ending strong Main Topic - What to do with old dogu Information referenced - http://patreon.com/tealife - http://tealife.audio/support

Host: - Adam - Marius - Anthony Guests: - Ula - Ole Marius Poem 小板にて濃茶を立てば茶巾をば小板の端に置く物ぞ可し Where sits the chakin During the thick tea rite? At the brazier's feet The front edge of the small board Presents itself as a seat Topic - Robiraki Information referenced: 端的底看聻 - Mawari sumi saying

Hosts: - Adam - Marius - Damian - Anthony   Poem: 餘所などに花を贈らば、其の花は開き過ぎしを遣らぬ物也 yoso nado ni hana wo okuraba, sono hana wa hiraki sugishi wo yaranu mono nari Flowers in full bloom; An unwelcome gift to the Host of chanoyu - How should one hide their distaste When the alcove is wilting?   Main Topic: Nakaoki   Information referenced: The one Taste of Truth: Zen and the Art of...

Host Adam Marius   Main Topic - Naming a chashaku   Information referenced: - Book:  Zen Sand

Hosts - Adam - Marius - Anthony Poem 水指に手桶出さば、手は橫に、前の蓋取り先に重ねよ mizusashi ni toke daseba, te wa yoko ni, mae no futa tori saki ni kasane yo Should a teoke Be used for the water jar Orientate the Handle side-to-side and rest The front lid on the far lid Main topic - Keeping records

Hosts - Marius Guest - Rebecca Main Topic - Women in tea - Information referenced: Books Corbett, Rebecca. Cultivating Femininity: Women and Tea Culture in Edo and Meiji Japan. (Forthcoming) Honolulu: University of Hawai`i Press, Spring, 2018. Guth, Christine. Art, Tea, and Industry: Masuda Takashi and the Mitsui Circle. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1993. http://amzn.to/2xKpeMj Kat...

Hosts Marius Aaron Adam Anthony Guest Ula 茶入、又茶筌の曲尺をよくも知れ、跡に殘せる道具目當に chaire, mata chasen no kane wo yoku mo shire, ato ni nokoseru dōgu meate ni Understand well the Placement of the chaire and next the chasen For as they are used in turn One guides the other's return Main Topic - Incense - Information referenced: Adams new page  http://uedasokochanoyu.com Marius new url h...

Hosts Adam Marius Anthony Poem hakobi-date mizusashi oku wa yoko-datami futatsu wari nite mannaka ni oke When carrying and Placing the fresh water jar Divide the depth of The mat into two halves and Place the water on centre Main Topic: Making Changes   Information Referenced Hosts Instagram account: Adam Marius Anthony   Zen Sand Marius 3D Printed  Dogu. Store  

Hosts: - Adam - Marius   Guest: - Rhonda   置合せ心を付けて見るぞ可し、袋の縫目 疊目に置け okiawase kokoro wo tsukete miru zo kashi, fukuro no nui-me tatami-me ni oke Place equipage Together with discerning eyes - Such care to align The seam of a caddy's pouch With the weaves of tatami   Main topic: Making Ash  

Hosts: - Adam - Marius - Anthony 姥口は圍爐裏緣より六 七分低く据えるぞ習いなりける ubaguchi wa irori-buchi yori roku nana bu hikuku sueru zo narai narikeri For a kama with A mouth like a toothless hag Sink it below the Hearth frame by six or seven bu Learn this well at practic Main Topic - Tea Preparation - And Leg Preservation