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The official way, of course, is to buy a specific tray: the 円能斎 好み
山道盆 (not written
山路 like the sweet). I have no love whatsoever for that tray; I think the 千歳盆 lid is just fine.
点前
There are two ways you can do the 点前:
Facing the 瓶掛. In that case,
建水 goes directly where it's going to live.
Slightly facing the guest. In that case, come in with
建水, face the tray, shift the tray (and yourself), then move the
建水 to the
炉 position.
Because the
茶碗 sits on a (conceptually) lacquered surface, you do 茶筅通し with L holding the
茶碗 from above.
建水 doesn't move when cleaning the
茶杓
The closing is: move 薄茶器・ポンポン, and then close
鉄瓶. (This somewhat corresponds to the more informal
中仕舞い. In 本仕舞い, you'd ポンポン, then move the
道具.)
宗室 notes: Because it's such a simple
点前, there's no need to move away from いまえ when you leave with the
建水; but acknowledges that a lot of teachers teach it that way (including the new books). (Chanoyu Handbook One, 1980).
釜
It's also quite possible to do it with a
釜, bringing in
柄杓 and
蓋置 with the
建水. Quite a few teacher use this uncanonical form to get students used to the
釜 without introducing all the additional woes 運び brings.
In
炉, however, things get a bit muddy. I don't know if there's an
official way; to me it seems like you need to decide if you want to have a 平点前-flavoured 略盆 or the other way around.
If you want to stay in 略盆 country, you'd come in with the tray facing NE, and then id. with the
建水, putting it where it needs to be. Like this
建水 doesn't move, nor does the
盆.
You could do it like in
棚. The tray is placed N, then with the
建水 you sit down N. Then you move the tray (and yourself) to NE. In normal 略盆, now you'd move the
建水, but with the
釜, it is loaded. So I'd unpack it now, then move it.
In either case, there's also the question of when to unload the
建水. I'd unload the
建水 before the
点前, but you could also unload it as needed (when you'd close the lid in normal 略盆).
Finishing is also a bit odd: Since the
建水 doesn't move and there's no
拝見, I'd argue that you 棗・ポンポン, then close the lid, keep the
柄杓, take the
蓋置 and
建水 (shifting a bit, if you're so inclined), and get up to leave. This doesn't work if you start with facing N, only if you start in いまえ with the tray already.