- It's all about the anticipation of spring, peach blossoms (and by extension, peach-shaped things such as 茶碗), 釣釜
- Important dates: Doll Festival on 3.3, 春分 (21.3) and 利休 memorial day (28.3, but used to be on the 28.2 in the lunar calendar)!
利休
- Use rape flower for this occasion, which is what he used on his last 茶事 (Birch).
御名
- 山笑う: The mountains are clear and happy, so they seem to be laughing.
- 花しぐれ
花
- Don't use rape flower until after 利休 memorial day (Birch)
- Mittwer suggests Saxifrage
- Sen suggests camelia, for a change
