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Maintenance of one's own mind

Tea ceremony

On July 15th, I was in charge of the Tsukigama tea ceremony at the Orinari tea ceremony.

Thank you to everyone who took the time to come in this hot weather????‍♀️

We brewed cold water using glass utensils.

I made the thick tea, and my daughter Rei made the thin tea.

For the thick tea, we used an old Saint Louis pitcher,

mixed the tea in a glass cup, and divided it into Saint Louis and Baccarat champagne coupes for everyone to enjoy.

We used an old Baccarat silver-decorated lidded teapot as a tea container...

We brewed the thin tea in an old Baccarat pitcher in a simplified tea ceremony style.

We used an antique British silver tray with an old Baccarat Diamant Pizor lidded teapot as a tea container, and the main tea bowl was a Venetian glass vessel.

We used a tortoiseshell tea scoop to give it a transparent look.

The water kettle is modeled after a glass bowl from Tiffany's bamboo series, which is a staple at my summer Tanabata tea parties.

The scroll for the reception is "Orihime Crossing the Galaxy".

It contains the characters "ori" (weaving) from Orinaridate, a weaving company with which I have had a wonderful connection, and "wata" (crossing) from Watanabe-sama. I felt it was fate that I used this scroll.

For the decorations to welcome the guests, we used glass artist Hiroko Takayama's Orihime and Hikoboshi.

The scroll for the main ceremony is "Taki" (waterfall).

In the Chinese poem "Looking at the Waterfall of Mount Lu", Li Bai writes, "The waterfall falls straight down, so much so that it is astonishing that it seems as if the Milky Way has fallen from the galaxy in the sky." I loved this expression, so I chose "Taki" by master Kanenakasai.

I wanted the bed to evoke the image of a waterfall basin, so I used an old Baccarat lidded container with a silver fish handle as a flower vase, and a Herend lidded incense holder, which also has a cute fish on the handle.

In the space next to it, I placed an old Baccarat pitcher with gold stars representing the Milky Way.

Next to that, I placed a Val Saint Lambert lidded container with a gold waterfowl handle.

For the sweets, I chose "Suidama" from Kasho Okumura, which was made with the image of an emerald-green waterfall basin in mind.

"Suidama" is the Japanese name for the gemstone emerald, and it also contains one character from my mother's tea name, "Munesui," so I chose "Suidama."

Most of the tea bowls are glass, but I placed two summer tea bowls made of Hagi and Totoya, evoking the image of rocks bouncing water.

I hope you can feel the water of the waterfall basin, the surrounding rocks, and the fish and birds.

In taking charge of this tea ceremony, I would like to thank my teacher Dogo-sensei, who I consulted with on many occasions, Kuroda-san of Sangoya, and Onishi-sensei, Yoshida Tsunemei-sama, who took care of the sweets and taught me (without asking ????) how to prepare the tea in a katakuchi teapot, Yasumori-sama of Horai-do Tea Shop, who not only prepared the delicious tea but also made up for any shortcomings in the preparations on the day, Kasho Okumura-sama, who recreated the sweets many times to recreate the image, Saito-sama, who gave everyone in Mizuya tea shakers made with water from the Mitarai well in Gion, delivered cute flowers, and watered the garden, Takehiro-sama, who I consulted with about the flowers, Samukawa-sama, Yamanishi-sama, Yamanishi Yu-sama, who supported me from the preparations until the day itself, and Venetian glass. Thank you to Toda Seizan of Daitokuji Daijiin Temple, who inscribed the name on the main tea bowl, the katakuchi ♡, and to everyone at Orinari-kan, who supported us from the time we were introduced to them until the day of the event. ????‍♀️

And to Etsuko-san, Takumi-chan, and Yuri-chan, who supported the Omizuya, and my long-time friends Yone-chan, Kazuki-chan, Sachi-chan, Kasumin, and Samukawa-san,

I was greatly supported by everyone, and I rely on everyone, and I couldn't have done it without you all.

Thank you very much????‍♀️

Everyone,

Thank you so much????‍♀️