* Prepare the warabai for October, do the boards for my 月　茶箱

It's really about the shift to autumn. Until the autumn equinox, you can still feel the lingering summer heat, and on the 9 IX, of course, you have 菊の茶. Then, suddenly, the temperature drops and you can see the [[nanakusa|autumn grasses]]. Around this time, moon viewing parties and with it, wild geese as a motif, become common.

===Microseasons===
   * 生年と歿年の間露けしや（せいねんと　ぼつねんの間　//つゆけし//や, the interval / between birth and death / heavy with dew; by Tanaka Hiroaki, 1959-2004）. Here **露けし** is a seasonal word, as in this season we start to see dew in the mornings as it gets colder during the night.
   * 22 IX to 27 IX: 雷乃収声（かみなり　すなわち　声を　おさむ, thunder lowers its voice). After the autumn equinox, the summer heat dies and summer's thunder gods go to sleep.

===菊===
   * 9 is the zenith of yang; so this should be the most auspicious of the Schnapsfeste.
   * Chryanthemum liquor is quite common: A few petals in sake; or maybe as a お白湯?
   * Yellow and white colour combination alone might be good to evoke chrysanthemums.

===懐石===
    * Flounder (🇩🇪 Flunder, Butt) in autumn it is quite fatty and good for 刺身, or stewed
    * 舞茸 mushrooms
    * Quince: often candied; or just in a basket to give off a nice aroma. Might be a good idea for a 床 decoration instead of a 香合

===花===

From Mittwer's book, which is Eulalia, burnet-bloodwort, smartweed, pigeonberry, pink in a Bisk-ware octopus-trapping pot

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From Sen's Chadō, which is 木槿.

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According to the Chadō Textbook:
   * はぎ (Buschklee) 
   * すすき (Chinaschilf)
   * 葛（くず）
   * なでしこ / せきちく (Chinesische Nelke)
   * おみなえし (Goldbaldrian)
   * ふじばかま (Wasserdost, Wasserhanf)
   * ききょう (Ballonblume, Chinesische Glockenblume)
   * しゅうかいどう (Begonie, Schiefblatt)
   * ほととぎす (Japanische Krötenlilie)
   * みざまりんどう (Enzian)
   * しゅうめいぎく (Herbst-Anemone)

   * See also [[nanakusa|七草]]