Hatsugama Kaiki

Thank you to the guests who attended Issoan Tea School Hatusgama.

I enjoyed hosting you so much that I want to do it all over again.  Here are the photos from the event.

Hatsugama 2011 Kaiki

Year of the Rabbit, January 9, 2011

Machiai 

Rabbit bell from Minako-sensei

Kumidashi – yari ume stoneware

Honseki

Tokonoma:  “Yume” Dream by Soko Daisoji, the 488^th abbot of Koyasan temple at Seihoin wajo in Japan, New year display mandarin oranges, charcoal, rice

Hana: camellia

Hanaire:  shigaraki tabi makura hanging vase

Tana: “Yamazato dana” Mountain Village from the poem: 

Hana o nomi                  For those who wait

matsunan hito ni            only for flowers

yamazato no                   show them the sprig

yukima no kusa mo        of grass under the snow

Haru o misebaya            in a mountain village

Mizusashi:  Wood fire LA from Tad Kamiya

Kama:  Kashiwa ubaguchi (oakleaf design on old lady mouth shape) by Keitan Takahashi National Treasure

Kogo:  Hagi style usagi (rabbit) by Jennifer Anderson

Omogashi: Traditional Hanabira mochi

Koicha

Chaire: Seto shiribukura

Shifuku: ikat made from my kimono sleeve by sempai Robert Macrae

Chashaku:  “Cha jo cha shin” Tea feeling, tea heart given to me by Jan Waldman sensei when I left for midorikai

Chawan:  Black raku “Issei”  first voice. Gift of Gary sensei named by Onozawa Kankai of Daitokuji temple in Kyoto Head abbot of Jukoin, the Sen family temple. Made by Sasaki Shoraku

Futaoki: Four seasons, four directions, four bridges, 40 years of Midorikai by Richard Milgrim

Koicha: Sayaka no mukashi from Ippodo

Usucha

Natsume: Rikyu gata chu natsume, Gold leaf

Chawan: Minako sensei’s Hagi chawan

Chawan: Shino unknown artist

Usucha:  Seijo no shiro, Zabosai konomi Koyamaen

Sweet:  Wasanbon gift from Kay Snell