ホモテナシ

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According to lunar calendar, 5 II is beginning of spring, but it is still very cold. So I this contrast is what makes February special.
Poetic name is 如月（きさらぎ）, literally like the moon, but also bears the meaning of rebirth or regeneration. There's a poem about the plum blossoms struggling through the winter cold that Soshitsu XV finds fitting to this season.

紅炉上一点雪　（こう　ろ　じょう　いってん　の　ゆき）. One snowflake on the hot embers. Meaning that on the hot embers of the Zen mind, all delusions will disappear without trace like a snowflake. 紅炉 seems also be good for a 茶杓.