ホモテナシ

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July

  • It's all about coolness: Little decoration, small 釜 or きりかけ. Crab or shell 蓋置. つりぶね 花入. Lots of reeds. Baskets for タバコ盆. 羽箒 could be heron (Reiher). しの焼き is good for 茶碗, and soaked びぜん. つるべ for cold water container.
  • 大割豚(おおわり蓋)only in the large room (Almanac)
  • You'd usually do 朝の茶事, where there's no 後炭, so in 初炭, there's automatically a viewing of the ash and wetting of the 釜 (according to Almanac). Sweets can be served outside on the waiting bench. 続き薄茶. 焼物 omitted, but 5 pickles. Can be gruel with 梅干し instead of rice
  • There's also an event of lotus viewing, maybe on a boat with 茶箱 and lotus rice

Dates

  • 5.7 memorial for Gengensai (XI), Ennosai (XIII) and Mugensai (XIV)

和菓子

  • At Hiromi's in VII 22 we made たんざくねりきり, which was a ball of あんこ wrapped in green and then white paste. Then a bamboo stalk was drawn in, and some よかん or かんてん shaped like the little wish cards people hang for 七夕 applied.

御名

  • 夏の雲(なつ の くも)
  • Fishing あゆ (especially fitting if you use sweets shaped like あゆ)
  • ほし祭 (old name for 七夕)
  • カササギの橋 (magpie bridge)
  • some places in Japan have a 風鈴祭り(ふうりん まつり), a wind bell festival. So maybe 風鈴 is a good 御名?