- 御名 - 和菓子 - 懐石 - suitable 道具 and 軸 - Ullrich translated the almanac it seems, and added sketches (link)
- it's always around this time of the year when the earth travels through the perseids, and you can see a truckload of falling stars. In Japanese it's 流星, which can be read as ながれぼし, which is a bit childish, or りゅうせい, which is more poetic. - There is also 夏木立, a grove that gives a feeling of shadow, which Tomoko used in VIII 24.
General
- anticipation for autumn: on 8 VIII, the season changes to 立秋. However, it's still summer hot, so you'd do morning or evening teas.
- On the first, it's 八朔, where traditionally, tradesmen and 芸者 visit their elders and teachers and inquire about their health. For tea people, good idea to visit your teachers; and for them to make a bowl of tea (八朔釜)
- The Almanac is a bit unclear about this, but I understood it like there is a training session from the 17.8 to 31.8 at 今日庵 where you play 100 rounds of 花月 from 0800 to 1500 just for training.
- 花火. In Switzerland, these are not really traditional; the bon fires on the mountains are much more authentic.
- cicadas (in Japan), so lots of bugs on 道具.
茶の湯
- Ashes for 炉 are prepared: washed with 番茶, then laid out in the sun and repeated; then kept in a ceramic jar (or a 酒 barrel).
- Using a small 釜 that boils quickly and requires a smaller fire makes sense; or also a closed 風炉 where you can't see the fire; or you could use one in the shape of 富士山 or wind-bells, use a 遠山 灰型 and use lots of フジ灰.
- The Almanac says how it is still perfectly fine to use the water-related 道具 from July, but you could also start to move towards the first signs of autumn, such as first winds, first falling leaves (一葉） etc.
- 洗茶巾, and big 水指, as well as buckets; again Bizen.
- Burkus tells the story that 利休 liked to use a swallow 香合, which he placed on a bucket 水指, mirroring this idea that the swallow would normally sit there.
- Glass is still fine to use.
花
- Baskets are still a good idea (Mittwer), but also 釣船, wetted-through Bizen, Iga, Namban.
| 🇬🇧 | 🇩🇪 | 📸 | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meadow rue | Wiesenraute |  | |
| Burnet, Bloodwort | Wiesenknopf |  | |
| Loosestrife, waterwillow | Wasserweiderich |  | |
| Indigo | id. |  | |
| Rose of Sharon | Straucheibisch |  | the iconic 風炉 flower; cut in water or scorch; there's a Basho poem abot a horse eating it, so maybe it's fun to pair it with a ばれい 蓋置 |
懐石
- Use glass for 向付, and maybe a basket for the rice.
- Instead of 焼物, use a small pumpkin by filling it with minced chicken and steaming that (and then use the insides of the seeds for 橋洗!)
- New potatoes for 八寸?
- Sen wants 木槿:
御名
- 秋の星, also the name of a 天目 茶碗
- 蜻蛉
- 一葉, or you could use a 向付 or 蓋置 for this.
- 宵涼し（よい すずし）: evening coolness
掛け軸
- winds, waterfalls, rivers…
Phrase – 19 – Hobo seifu okosu – step by step, the pure breeze comes
Phrase – 20 – Seifu shuchiku ugokasu – the pure breeze moves the bamboo
Phrase – 21 – Seiryuu kandan nashi – the pure flow has no gaps or breaks
Phrase – 22 – Suijo seiseitaru midori – fresh and verdant green
Phrase – 23 – Denkaku bi ryou o shouzu – the hall gives birth to a faint coolness
Phrase – 24 – Sansui ni seion ari – the mountain waters have a pure sound
Phrase – 25 – Kumon no kaze onozukara suzushi – the breeze through the empty gate is cool
Phrase – 26 – Kumo osamatte sangaku aoshi – the cloud-gathering mountain tops are green
Phrase – 27- Haku un hou ohou ni okoru – the peaks give rise to white clouds
Phrase – 28 – Kumo yuyu mizu sensen – the clouds are majestic and the water babbles
Phrase – 29 – Taki shouka sanzen jyou – the water falls straight down 3,000 jo (1 jo = 10 feet)