October
- Clear sky, fresh air. Mountains, wild flowers. Insects and crickets. Harvest time. Dew. Geese returning home with letters.
- Don't forget I have the beautiful makie trays that might be great for hassun here!
- Order 炉 charcoal and other refreshed 道具.
道具
CNY
- 名残の茶事（なごり）: saying goodbye to 風炉 and the last leaves in the tea jar. Massively 詫び. Lots of lovingly repaired objects.
- This time broken things can be used, like a battered 風炉 or a broken vase to remind the guest of the impermanence of things (Ulrich X 17)
- Make sure to not make things look shabby: To be simple is good, but to make it too simple is bad (利休）
- Simple 掛物（かけ もの）such as letters are preferable over heavy calligraphies.
- 清風萬里秋（せい ふ ばん り あき）still suitable
- Use up 香 from summer, so a mix of sandalwood, aloes wood etc.
- Avoid fresh bamboo for chopsticks etc, instead use the ones that were used at the beginning of 風炉 and have faded.
- 中置き（なかおき）. Slender 水差 to the left of 風炉. Particularly fitting might be a 水差 with pictures of a goose, maybe even with a tied letter as handle 😍
- For Urasenke, at least; the Almanac suggests that because it's so cumbersome, bring it in only when needed. I quite like the idea.
- 大板, 五行棚 or even 長板
- Black straw ashes can be used in the 風炉.
- 破れ風呂（やぶれ, やつれ ぶろ） or 欠き風呂（かき ぶろ）
- 一粒万倍 棗 quite good
| 漢字 | Japanese | English |
|---|---|---|
| 沸く音の 時雨を風炉の 名残かな | わく おと の しぐれ を 風炉 の なごり かな | The boiling of the 釜 sounds like a shower of rain at a farewell tea for 風炉 |
御名
- kinshu (autumn brocade)
- bansho (evening bell)
- 末枯れ（うら がれ）. Withering of the ends (of autumn grasses). Often used in poetry.
花
- Mittwer's book, which is Okera and begonia
- Sen's Chadō, which is chrysanthemum:
