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This 点前 was created after , and were created. It is named for the deutzia flower, and is the easiest of the 茶箱. Because of that, it is also called the 平点前 of 茶箱. It was created by 玄々斎 (according to nihonjinron), and later refined by 圓能斎. The former picked the name because of the poem: 「月花一度に見す ほうせんさいる卯木哉」(せつげつかいちどにみするうつぎかな)⸺ in the Deutzia tree, we can see 雪月花 all at once. Snow and flowers are obvious, because the Deutzia is a small little flower. The is a bit more difficult to spot: While the flower is called 卯の花, the tree is called 卯木, pronounced うつぎ.

点前

  • Quite similar to 和敬, but here it's 茶筅, お湯, 茶巾. In 和敬, you first sort 茶筅 and 茶巾, then お湯.
  • Uses a 古帛紗 to serve the tea
  • 茶杓 is cleaned during 拝見, otherwise normally after 茶碗
  • If there is 拝見, the 振出 is returned with the box by the guest

👉 KM said that for men, it's fine to just stand up directly at the end, picking up the from its position on the L, bringing it to the centre and get up without putting it down again. (This, of course, only applies if there's 拝見.)

拝見あり
拝見なし

拝見

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