ホモテナシ

Uses the 御所籠, which was created by Ennōsai (XIII). After his death, Tantansai (XIV) created the 点前. Name because there are four 古帛紗, which look like 色紙 (poetry cards) scattered around. Most complicated 茶箱点前, around the level of 四ヶ伝. Since this is a courtly 点前, according to chanoyu.world it is good to use not a 侘び 瓶掛, but a 銀瓶. Traditionally, a 龍頭 is used.

• Bring in basket, then 建水. Open basket cords (both hands pull, then come back to knot to loosen it while holding the ends in the palms), move knot to front of basket, pull it tight and knot again. Move basket straight to the left.
• Unpack onto lid, all with R: 帛紗, scoop (3 hands), 茶巾 holder (''), then sort 古帛紗 stack, putting first and second one in the right place and opening them.
• 振り出し time (like 長尾), and put net back with L (as well as all the other cloth items).
  • Open it on your palm (the 古帛紗 is just to give it a conceptional place where it can be opened, I suppose)
  • Turn on the netting
  • Bow happens only after the netting is folded 片トンボ and placed back in the box, standing ideally
• Take out 茶碗 stack, take out 棗 (point the threads up before putting in the basket), then 茶杓, then 茶巾箱. Spread 古帛紗 3 and 4, then spread 茶碗, put away protective cloth. 茶筅筒 with L, close lid and move basket upwards and follow up with 建水. Tidy clothes.
• Take 帛紗 (always with L when it's on the basket lid), 棗, scoop (put back with 3 hands), lid and pour.
• Open 茶巾箱, put lid back, turn bottom part by 90° CW, fold 茶巾 and place in it. 茶筅通し, make tea.

🐘 Since the 茶杓 is usually from 象牙, also here you tap its tip against the rim of the 茶碗.

• Put out 古帛紗 3 and 茶碗 on it.
• Take second bowl, make more tea. Serve it on 古帛紗 4.
• After this, first tea should be back, place 古帛紗 next to knee while rinsing it. After おしまい, take in 古帛紗 and clean bowl. Move it onto its 古帛紗.

👉 When the last guest gets their bowl, they return the 振出 to the first guest. It's up to them, if there are only two guests, if they also want to return the first guest's bowl to the host, or leave them to do it. Both are fine (KM 24).

• In between, the 振り出し can come back, you now put it next to your knee (if without 拝見).
• Take second bowl, its cloth directly back to its original place. Clean it.
• If 拝見, things would change here, but otherwise:
  • Clean scoop, picking up the 帛紗 slightly differently so it turns towards you as you pick it up.
  • Get the basket back, open it; stash away brush, close 茶巾箱, stack bowls, wrap 茶巾箱 (onto lid), scoop (onto lid) and 棗, then bowls, then 振り出し.
  • Take in 古帛紗, put scoop and box into basket, open lid and refold 帛紗. Basket into center, reknot, leave with 建水, then with basket.

• With 拝見 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBOIVSTb0pI)
  • Second bowl returns, is rinsed and dried.
  • 建水, box, lid; get へだて, stack 茶碗, 茶巾 and 茶筅; close 茶巾箱 and place onto lid; then move the whole stack with its 古帛紗 north of the box; then stack the two 古帛紗.
  • Take 茶杓, and move 茶入 and its 古帛紗 to 45°. Clean them (taking 帛紗 from above), tuck the 帛紗 in (no ポンポン 😱), then sort.
  • Shift back to 正面, get 茶巾箱, place it on the 茶入's 古帛紗. Then get the box and leave.

• Two 茶碗古帛紗 stay there during 拝見, which is mildly annoying.

• During 拝見, the basket never goes on the inside of the guest's mat, but stays centered outside.

• Put 茶巾箱 onto lid for transport and for the actual inspection, too. Only at the very end it goes back onto the 古帛紗.
  • It stays there for 拝見, so you can 拝見 the 薄茶器 in peace. With KM 23, we used a 古帛紗 for it; but in the book, they use a 帛紗. I prefer the latter, as there are enough 古帛紗 in this 点前.
  • You take the box in front of you, inspecting the 茶巾箱 first, putting it on the 帛紗. Then you can open the lid, placing it to the left, inspecting then the 筒 first, then its: 茶巾箱's cloth, netting, 茶杓's cloth, 仕覆 and then 大津袋. They all live on the lower part of your 帛紗, while the 筒 and the 箱 live in the lower part. Put them back in reverse (so 大津袋 to 筒）. Close the lid, put the 箱 on top and say ciao miao!
  • The Q&A: 薄茶器 (and then say all the other items, if they are the same), 茶杓の形, 茶巾箱; 古帛紗, 仕覆, 籠

• Can open 古帛紗 with two hands if it's too hard
• The 茶巾箱's lower part is turned 90° to the left on the hand before it's set down
• My 棗 used to be kappa-style shape (河太郎, かわたろう), the 茶杓 is いもがしら
• 拝見 request with おしまい
• When putting out the 振出し, you could say 「お菓子をどうぞ」 (KM 23). It's not in the books, but I think it's a nice touch.
• When drinking yourself: Turn 45°, take 茶碗 in, say 「おしょばんいたします」(not ご!), take stack, turn 茶碗 a bit. Turn 茶碗 a bit more, face 0°, put 茶碗 down. Now the 古帛紗 is still the wrong way, so when you put it to your R, you grasp it with the R thumb facing you on its L side, and put it down with the thumb closer to you than the fingers.

• My stuff (and probably most GSKs) used to be ためぬり
• The 道具 that come usually with the GSK are shit:
  • For the 茶碗 I found a good replacement
  • For the 振出, I have the heavy 織部 one; but it doesn't quite suit the courtly atmosphere