====History====
   * Originally, Chinese braziers (760 AD) made from bronze or iron, with 3 legs. Ash in these, according to CQ82, was formed into 3 mountains, each one with one of the trigrams ☲ (fire), ☴ (wind) and ☵ (water). First ones with demon-mask design and fitting kettle imported to Japan in XIII by zen monk Nampo.
   * Earthenware braziers (どぶろ) appeared around XV in Murata Shukō's time, because they were more suitable to 侘茶. Famous makers were Sōshirō and Zengorō.
   * [[https://www.chanoyudecoded.com/writings/furo-style-and-form/|Palmer]] sketches the development roughly as matched 釜 and 風炉 being the first, some old 風炉 rusting away and thus needing a 五徳; giving the idea to develop the 眉（まゆ）shape, and then, under Dōan, doing away with that eyebrow and arriving at the 面取（めんとり）shape.
====Types====

//The following is mostly from [[https://verdure.tyanoyu.net/huro.html|verdure]], with some anecdotes from CQ82, the Chanoyu Vocabulary and a lecture by Larry//

^  formality  ^  風炉                                                                 ^  板                                          ^  firetile  ^
|  真         | 眉（まゆ）(earthernware), there's also a version by Jōō and a 大風呂  | あらめ (black lacquer with horizontal rays)  | white      |
|  行         | everything bronze and other earthernware shapes                       |                                              | white      |
|  草         | cast iron                                                             | ceramic tiles, usually 織部                  | red        |
====Earthenware====
**Earthenware 土風炉 (どぶろ）**, associated with //Nara// where they became popular around Jōō's time, with masters such as Sōshirō being from there.

🔥 When you got a new lacquered 風炉, warm it up carefully for the first time; otherwise the lacquer might crack. These days, you'll also find metal 風炉 which are lacquered because it's lighter; they are handled like 土風炉.

^  眉        |  まゆ        |  {{:huro_mayu.jpg?200}}           |  //Eyebrow// in English, 真                                                                           |
|  **透木**  |  すきぎ      |  {{::huro_sukigi.jpg?200}}        |  Murata Shukō's invention                                                                             |
|  **紹鴎**  |  じょうおう  |  {{::huro_jyouou.jpg?200}}        |  Named after Takeno Jōō                                                                               |
|  **頬当**  |  ほおあて    |  {{::huro_houate.jpg?200}}        |  Named after a piece of armor guarding the cheeks                                                     |
| **道安**   | どうあん     | {{::huro_douan.jpg?200}}          |  Named for being his favourite, also made in copper and iron                                          |
| **面取**   | めんとり     | {{::huro_mentori_douan.jpg?200}}  |  Also made in copper and iron                                                                         |
| **雲龍**   | うんりゅう   | {{::huro_unryuu.jpg?200}}         |                                                                                                       |
| **紅鉢**   | べにばさ     | {{::huro_benibati.jpg?200}}       |  //Rogue// pot, because it resembles the shape of the mortar in which saffron (//beni//) was pounded; can also be glazed  楽 ware  |
| **四方**   | よほう       | {{::huro_yohou.jpg?200}}          |                                                                                                       |
| **箪瓢**   | たんぴょう   | {{::huro_tanpyou.jpg?200}}        |  Gourd-shaped                                                                                         |
| **雲華**   | うんげ       | {{::huro_unge.jpg?200}}           |                                                                                                       |

====Bronze====
**Bronze 唐銅（からかね）** (an alloy of copper and other metals)
^ 鬼面  | きめん        |  {{::huro_kimen.jpg?200}}     | ❝the original❞ (from China, for the 台子)  |
^ 朝鮮  | ちょうせん    |  {{::huro_cyousen.jpg?200}}   |                 "the rule is to use 真形（しんなり）釜 with it                           |
^ 琉球  | りゅうきゅう  |  {{::huro_ryuukyuu.jpg?200}}  |                   Legs develop directly from the body                         |
^ 色紙  | しきし        |  {{::huro_sikisi.jpg?200}}    | Favourite of Enshū                         |
^ 鳳凰  | ほうおう      |  {{::huro_houou.jpg?200}}     | Favourite of Urasenke VIII                 |


====Iron====
As for ironware, some bronze ones are also made from iron; but the only 風炉 that is always strictly iron is the 窶 (やつれ), which is used in October.

🥹 With these, you don't use フジ灰; and you use a red fire-tile.

====Wood====
There exists what is probably 利休's shittiest invention, the 板風炉（いた）:

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====透木（すきぎ）====

90 x 18 x 9 mm for 風炉, 117 x 21 x 12 for 炉; different woods favoured by different people:

| 利休            | magnolia                            |
| Sōtan           | paulownia (also used today mostly)  |
| Sensō (IV)      | cherry                              |
| Ennōsai (XIII)  | Japanese apricot                    |

====五徳====
   * Use of the 五徳 only came with Jōō; it is named like this because the monk who came up with the 自在（じざい）adjustable bamboo pole was reading a Buddhist text about //six virtues//, the first one being 自在, so the rest was called 五徳 (five virtues).
   * If the 炉 is outside the host's place, it is placed so that the point of one prong faces the guest of honour's place; if it's inside, one point faces the host.
   * In 風炉, it is placed the same way; but only one with a half ring is used to give room to the ceramic tile. For a 瓶掛け（びんかけ）you could use a small full-ring one.
   * When used as a 蓋置, it is called 隠架（いんか）. It is one of the seven [[futaoki|lid-rests]]; and it is used when the 釜 is not using one.

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====Flexions====
   * There is a thing about the //seven flexions of the 風炉// (風炉の七歪), which I wrote about under [[hai#flexions|灰]], since it also involves moving the trivet and shaping the ash somewhat differently.