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• Usually done with 棚, to avoid having to bring in the 棗 with the 建水

➡️ Practised it without 棚 with Miya in VII 24, using the candle: The 棗 is always more important than the 茶碗, that's why usually it is brought in with the right hand. Now, since the 茶碗 is handled with two hands here, the 棗 is brought in with the 建水 out of convenience. But, if we're bringing in a candle with the 建水, it makes sense to bring in the 棗 before the 茶碗, because it is more important. In that case, place it directly in front of the 水指, or, akin to 台天目, already a bit to the right.

• Use a 建水 that can make a sound, maybe I could even try a Klangschale (since this is somewhat the whole point of this 点前). Perfectly fine to use a metal 建水 (Miya 24).
• To use a crab 蓋置 could be cute, especially if I'm using my 平 茶碗 that looks like the Wadden Sea.
• Try emptying the 茶碗 before the 点前; with some, the water sticks to the side when you pour out the water slowly!

• Focal Points: slow down a lot when placing the 柄杓 on the 釜 the first time, because afterwards follows the water games, and they are the heart of this 点前:
  • the emptying of the 茶碗;
  • the scooping of the tea,
  • the last 水
• I would try to make little sound for other actions, such as 茶筅通, to give emphasis to the water.

• Prelude (keep tension when leaving the room)
  • Sit in door and pick up 茶碗 with both hands
    • If 棚, place with both hands to the left; get 棗 with R, and get 茶碗 with a slight reholding (without stopping the motion). I presume this putting down the 茶碗 needs to be with lots of gravitas, so that the leaving of the room is hardly noticed.
    • Otherwise bring 棗 when carrying 建水
  • Unpack 建水, freshen up, breathe.

• Unpacking (slowing down for drama)
  • Get 茶碗 with both hands, move 棗, purify it; get 茶杓 and purify it, unpack 茶筅 (bowl stays where it is for now!)
  • Get 柄杓, open lid and slowly move down (because now comes the main part of the 点前!)

• 茶巾 (first climax in two parts)
  • Get bowl, get 茶巾, press lightly over 茶碗; fold and wring out over 建水. Normally, you'd use your whole hand for such work, but because the 茶巾 is so wet here, just use your fingertips.
  • Fold 茶巾, and place on 釜葢 (going under the 柄杓).
  • Empty 茶碗 with both hands, and put down with one hand (Maybe even pause after it?)
  • Now that the 茶碗 has been empty, it is handled like a normal 茶碗!

• 湯 (make feel cool and fast)
  • Hot water, then 茶筅通 (hold from the side!), dump water with one hand (contrasting how you dumped the cold water before!)
  • Dry, place down with one hand

• 茶 (new movement: slower)
  • scoop tea (slow, no sound)
  • open 水指 (all the way in your centre lest you drop it on the 茶碗) (fast)
  • make tea (holding from above) (slow)
  • serve tea (again, with one hand) (a bit faster, so it feels cooler?)

• Tidying up (if necessary, but I think the 帛紗 should be avoided to not draw attention to the hot water)

• Next Round? (fast)

• Closing (slow on the 水)
  • get cold water (slow)
  • 茶筅通 (faster), 茶巾, 茶筅.
  • 茶杓 (slower)
  • 中仕舞い: If possible, you must close 中仕舞い (for all 点前). But here it makes sense, because you want to feel like you are in a cool big room (move 茶碗 with R), then ポンポン (quiet) (pause), enjoy the last folding.
  • 水 (very slow)
  • Close 水指葢, 拝見; decorate 棚 with 柄杓 and 蓋置 (fast)

• 拝見
  • Get 棗 to 45° and clean (go slow only on the placing of the 棗)
  • 茶杓
  • Move to -15° to get 建水, come in again to get 茶碗 (with one hand, like a normal one).
  • 水次
  • Return to talk about the 道具

• When I practised this on 16 VIII 18 with CJ and on 11 VII 19, we used sweets served on a tray looking like a fan, and used a large 水指. The big 水指 made it all a bit tight to handle. I like it visually, though!