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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.
It's also the month of 節分（せつぶん）, where evil demons are cast out and luck is invited in - similar to Calandamarz?
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.
道具
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Large
釜, such as 面取釜（めんとり）, 雷声（らいせい）or 野溝（のみず）.
掛け物
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.
御名
点前