=====道具 capsule===== * CNY is expensive enough already, so no need to buy things only to discover later you didn't need them. This I think is the minimal set that allows you to perform all the 点前 up to 四ヵ伝. * Until the student acquires a quality piece, the teacher should lend a quality-piece to the students. There is really no space in the world for plastic-made 棗 for practise. That means the 道具 has a box, a 仕服(しふく) and, ideally, a name. * My dream is that I end up with a version of all these tools that are Swiss-made * **水屋** * Sieve for tea * 茶壷 filled with tea in Japan * **Textiles** * 着物 * 帛紗 * 古帛紗 (you need four for 色紙建) * 茶巾 * 大津袋 (even though you can even do 茶通箱 with just your 帛紗 and its a stupid thing to 拝見) * **Wooden things** * generally be able to make 桐箱 * 茶通箱 * 中付き * 曲物水差 * 曲物建水 * 曲物水次 * 花盆 * 貴人台 * 茶杓 (with 仕服, so it can be used in 茶箱 and with 筒) * 蓋置 * 茶筅 (in dark and light, with a 筒 for 茶箱) * 短冊 * 水差 for 名水 * 柄杓 (that you can use on 台子) * **Lacquered things** * 茶箱 * 棗 (including 仕服, so it can be used in 茶箱) * 平棗 * 千年盆 * 四方盆 * ふちだか * 台子 (where you can use the top part as a 長板) * **Ceramics** * 天目 (with 仕服 and 台) * 貴人茶碗 (which fits into or around 天目, then they can be used for 重ね茶碗 or 茶箱 * 茶入 (with its 盆): ぼんりん, かたつぎ, だいかい * 茶箱-set (with cords to go around the sweets container) * おうひ茶碗 (maybe 半筒) * 織部茶碗 * 皆具 (especially for 蓋置) * せと水差 * **Metal** * 鉄瓶 made from silver * 飾り火箸 * 花入 * 建水 * 釜 (雲龍) * かん * chains * 風呂 (I like the ちょうせん one, but it's not very flexible; same for the やすれ) * **Others** * 香合 (some sound related shape; akin to 利休's 瑠璃雀香合(るり すずめ)) * 干菓子盆 * elevated 盆 for 貴人 * タバコ盆 * 掛け軸 (probably 無感情) * 象牙茶杓 * 香 itself, wood for summer and 練香 for winter * 炭斗, I like the gourd one * ash spoons * ash * feather =====Sets of 10===== * This is just a fun exercise for me to search for //canonical// 道具 * Ideally, you'd start with one proper item for each slot; for 炉 and 風炉. * Then you expand into 真, 行, 草 * Then you expand into the four seasons * Then you find one for each of the 12 months * Such 道具 would be 釜, 棚, 棗, maybe 茶入; 軸, 蓋置. ====茶杓==== * They are not so seasonal by their shape, but with their fixed 御名. However, certain woods could be more seasonal, like 梅 for February and 桜 for March * I guess also a sooty bamboo one might be quite suitable for October. * You need to have one 真, so either a bamboo one 節無 or an ivory (which, today, means horn) * Theoretically, you also need a 元節; but you can use it officially for one 点前 only. * You could add one with several nodes for particularly auspicious moments. * I like the idea of having a set of 梅, 桜 and 松 wood; which, especially here in Switzerland, should be easier to make. ====Scrolls==== * 射座喫茶 * 常楽我浄 (Eternal, joyous, selfless, pure) ====薄茶器==== - Riyku black (shin, works always) - Gengensais hira natsume (for autumn) - A high natsume, I like the one with the kawasemi that I have (summer) - Hinomaru (for NY, for doll's festival?) - fubuki (for winter, for sakura season) - nakatsugi in wood - zencha - kinrinji (I have one with chestnuts, also for autumn) - shiteki (I got the well one) - oimatsu (also for autumn) =====Consumables===== When the season changes, replace: * Fukusa * Hishaku * Futaoki (cut new one) For a new 茶事: * Tabi * Chasen * Chakin * Chopsticks, 蓋置 * Kaishi I'd like to have a consumable drawer, where I could keep: * Kaishi * Chakin * Ko-chakin