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It's the 飾 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; see below).
Hiromi (pre-23) explained it will be very tight to do with a 棚, 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 棚.
👋 Note the spelling of 手前: For charcoal, you write 「手前」, for tea 「点前」.
手前
台子
🫸 This is a conjecture of Miya and me.
Normally, you'd have the feather and
香合 on the
台子, but because the
香合 comes in separatedly, the feather looks a bit lonely on the
台子. Also, in 行の行, you'd already have the
茶入 on the
盆 waiting on it; so I think it is better to enter with the feather on the
炭斗.
Because you're using the
火箸 that are already on the
台子, the
環 rest against the charcoal.
Also, if you use a 鬼面風炉, you don't need a
灰器, which is nice. I guess you could sit directly in front of the
風炉, or walk in on the R side with the
炭斗 and then shift to the left. I prefer the first idea.
Here, its 羽・箸・蓋:
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Then touch finger tips in front of you and take out
火箸. This is fun, because you're sitting not directly in front of them! Put them in the
炭斗. (🤘 The
火箸 never touch the floor, so to rehold after taking them out of the
炭斗 or after using them, use your hands!)
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I'm not sure how to clean with the 鬼面風炉, but I'd guess it's only 3 times for the first feather and 3 times again (but starting with the back) before laying the incense. Because there's no
灰器, there are only 2 cleanings, so after the 2
nd, the feather flies back to the
炭斗.
Then leave to get the
盆. Miya suggested to put it in the space between
炭斗 and
釜; but I think it's nicer to put it directly in front of the
風炉 (which is also how
表千家 does it when they do it with the
棚).
At the end, take
火箸 with R from above, and rehold with L (also from above). Two strokes on the top, one on the bottom. Then, put them back onto the
台子. Only after this open the lid of the
釜.