ホモテナシ

• Poem by Fujiware no Sadaie

miwataseba
hana mo moniji mo
nakarikeri
ura no tomaya no
aki no yūgure

Gazing long to the shore -
Never
Was there blossom or crimson leaf:
Out at sea's edge
A rush hut
in autumn dusk

• Lord Teika said this, and 利休 had his own reply to this:

• For this poem, there is a 名物茶入 called 初草 that reminds us of the brown grass in the melting snow.

• Ulrich explains how 侘び can only come from knowing the richness (actual richness and the richness of cherry blossoms), and by explicitly turning away from it.