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It's the of 香合; but it's also a bit of a jack-of-all-trades. You could use it for a 香合 (「ごゆいしょ。。。」) that you received from someone special; but also for a famed 香合 (「ごでんらい。。。」). Because of that, it might be a suitable 手前 for 行の行 (Miya 24).

Hiromi (pre-23) explained it will be very tight to do with a , and even if it were possible, it would be a pretty silly idea, since you want to spotlight the 香合 and not have any distractions. In 表千家, they do it on the .

👋 Note the spelling of 手前: For charcoal, you write 「手前」, for tea 「点前」.

手前

  • You enter with 炭斗 and 灰器, start 手前 almost as always: Because the 香合 is not in the 炭斗, however, it's 羽・環・箸・蓋. (👉 For the normal 炭 手前, it's: 羽・環・箸・香合・蓋.)
  • Then, when the time comes to lay the incense, you go out with the はいき, and come back with the 香合.
  • Once you've laid the incense (with your bare hands), you put out the , then leave and return with the water jug. During this, the guest fetches the , and commences 拝見 when you wet the .
  • Guest asks for the ごゆいしょ; they turn it on the ground.