ホモテナシ

Permission to learn these 点前 is given together with 小習, but there are more complicated movements that are seen in 奥伝（おくでん）.

As Burke notes, 利休 possibly just put 茶碗 and 棗 next to each other in the 茶箱, and placed it horizontally in front of the 水指, then lifting them out of it. That makes alot of sense to me.

Check out this chick making her own amazing 茶箱.

• 利休型（りきゅうがた）is made of unlacquered paulownia wood, can be small or big.
• Red 一閑張り（いっかんばり）lacquer ware was favoured by Sōtan.

There are six 点前. Four were originally created by Gengensai (Urasenke XI). According to nihonjinron and CQ35, it was in Spring 1854 when he visited 松阪（まつさか）/ いせ that he designed the first three (花, 月 and 雪), later adding 卯の花 to complete the seasonal cycle. Then Ennōsai (Urasenke XIII) refined them.

• 雪 (for winter)
• 月 (for autumn)
• 花 (for spring)
• 卯の花（うのはな）(for summer, but practised all year)

Snow, moon and flower are often grouped together in Japan, read 雪月花（ゆき　つき　はな or せつげっか）.

There are two more, which were created by Tantansai (XIV):

• 和敬（わけい）
• 色紙点（しきしだて）

• Always after 総礼 the 茶碗 moves!
• Miya had a great suggestion, even though it isn't canon: You bow at the door with the 茶箱, it's 総礼; but when you bow for the 振出し, you say 「お菓子をどうぞ」. I like this idea a lot.

chabako.numbers.zip

	unohana	hana	tsuki	yuki	wakei	shikishi
preparation	stack: chawan, kobukusa, natsume, chashaku folded shifuku on stack box on tray		natsume in shifuku in chawan chawan in shifuku uguisu on chakin tsutsu kakego kobukusa, chashaku, kobane, kogo, fukusa box on kizue hibashi at binkake
enter	bow at entrance put stack at shomen get kensui		bow at entrance put stack at shomen get kensui
arrange	stack to right box to left lid to shomen		stack to left unfold kizue R pushes hinges (back right, front right etc.) lid to far right
surfaces	sabaki purify tray leave fukusa on tray at 9 o'clock		fukusa RL, take kobane purify kizue (L supports) kobane on lid fukusa on A kakego with two hands between box and kensui
incense	-		kogo RL, lid onto B R takes hibashi, rehold incense hibashi rehold, back kogo on lid
pre-furidashi	chashaku (RLR) to tray at 6 o'clock		-
furidashi	put out bow guest fetches it, puts it outside of tatami		put out bow guest fetches it
unboxing	stack with R onto lid natsume onto tray at 1200 kobukusa with R right of lid		stack onto B nagao unwrapping, box it folded with L natsume unwrapping, onto D chashaku unwrapping, onto D
more unboxing	-		chasentsutsu with LR onto A chakintsutsu with LR onto A
finish unpacking	box moves back kensui forward pause		kakego onto box box moves back kensui moves forward straighten clothes
purification	purify natsume, put down at 1030 purify chashaku		purify natsume purify chashaku
lid	close lid fukusa onto tray at 0900		close lid fukusa onto A
disposables: chasen	chasentsutsu with LRLR, chasen into chawan chasentsutsu with L into box		chasentsutsu with RLR, chasen into chawan chasentsutsu with R onto A chakintsutsu with L uguisu with R onto C chakin with R onto C chakintsutsu with L onto A
yu	hot water onto chasen		fukusa R, tetsubin L hot water onto chasen
disposables: chakin	chakin tsutsu with LRL fold chakin and put onto tray at 0300		fold chakin put uguisu into holes
chasen tooshi	3 times, chasen to 1330 drop water clean chawan		3 times, chasen onto uguisu drop water purify chawan
tea	okashi wo douzo natsume lid goes to 0600		okashi wo douzo natsume lid goes onto D
serving first tea	turn kobukusa, edge is now closer to the host's knees, open		take kobukusa from kakego with R turn it, open
finishing first tea	chawan returns take chawan in, put kobukusa to your right hot water		chawan returns take chawan in, kobukusa to your right hot water
serving second tea	add hot water, dump, chakin, make tea etc.		make second tea
oshimai	guest asks for haiken of natsume, chashaku, and box host moves kobukusa left of lid		guest asks for haiken move kobukusa onto kakego
cleaning	chasen tooshi, chasen goes back onto tray dump water, clean chawan leave chakin in, move chasen into chawan		chasen tooshi, chasen goes back onto tray dump water, clean chawan leave chakin in, move chasen into chawan take out uguisu
storing	kensui to shoulder level box comes forward		kensui to shoulder level box comes forward
rearranging 1	kobukusa behind box chawan onto it with RLR		kobukusa behind box chawan onto it with RLR uguisu onto kobukusa's right lower corner
cleaning for haiken	take lid and move to 45° clean natsume there, putting its lid down onto the lid staying there, clean chashaku, put it on the lid pom pom without turning
put out things out	take lid, turn in the air and present for haiken turn to binkake, take box, turn to 45° turn box on the floor, and put out
rearranging 2	move back, tray to R put chawan and kobukusa with 2 hands onto tray
kensui	turn to kensui leave
haiken	everything stays outside of tatami use kobukusa to put items on it for inspecting don't show ass of box or underside of lid to next guest turn stuff on the ground last guest adds furidashi when bringing everything back order: lid, box, furidashi
boxing	take lid take box and put on kensui position staying at 0°, take furidashi where the lid was
boxing 2	chasen with R, tsutsu with L chakin with R, tsutsu with L, press chakin against tsutsu to make a roll
boxing 3	natsume up the box chawan onto its spot fold kobukusa and put into chawan natsume into chawan chawan stack into box with RLR (from the top)
boxing 4	furidashi RLR (rest on palm) chashaku RLR (grasp underneath in the middle)
lid	close lid sabaki box
closing	lid on box box on tray tray in front

• Because it get's quite long to ask for all the items, Miya 24 just say: 「のちほど、拝見を。。。」
• If you use a 帛紗 for 拝見, it's best to put it back into your 着物 between the different items, rather than to leave it outside (Miya 24).
• Because often things are a set, either the guest can say that this and that looks similar (some expression with おみうけ); or the host can say 同じてめぬりでございます (for example).

• I think I can only truly consider these 点前 mastered when I've performed them in the setting they are ment to be carried out, that is, outside. Maybe I could try on Lindenhof, and either sit on a cushion or sit cross-legged. Make sure I use a proper 瓶掛け（びんかけ）with actual coal, lest I look silly like this guy.
  • A good goal would be to be able to perform 月（つき）by the time Riedberg's full moon ceremony is up.
• It would be ridiculously cute if the inside of the 茶箱 looked like a miniature 茶実, but that's probably childish.
• If I have this fascination with 海に出て, the 和敬点 would be right up my alley.
• The simple white-ish 茶碗, 振り出し and 茶巾筒（つつ）may be quite suitable for 月, and it will probably look good against a paulownia (or some Swiss wood) backdrop. I find Ursula's tools very inspiring, but I can possibly make my own box out of some Swiss wood. Might be nice if the 茶杓 is then from the same wood, but with the bark still attached.
• 古帛紗（こぶくさ）and 仕覆（しふく）with 草間 彌生（くさま　やよい）motives!