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Poem 73 竹釘は皮目を上にうつぞかし、皮目を下になすこともあり takekugi wa kawame o ue ni utsu zo kashi kawame o shita ni nasu koto mo ari

Place a bamboo hook with the skin of the 'boo up and pith facing down; But at times it may suit to swap them the other way 'round

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• Adam
• Marius
• Anthony

Main topis - Being a good Guest

Poem 72

花入に大小あらば見合せよ、曲尺を外して 打つが曲尺也 hanaire ni ōshō araba miawase yo, kane wo hazushite utsu ga kane nari

Where to place a hook to hang a vase big or small? The correct kane comes with experience: Look! It's not measured on the wall

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Host - Aaron - Aadam - Marius

- Ula

Topic - Roji

Poem 71.

Place the alcove hook to suspend a flower vase at a height around: 3 shaku 3 sun 5 bu - let this precedent guide you

花入の折釘うつは地敷居より 三尺三寸五分餘もあり

hanaire no orikugi utsu wa jishikii yori san shaku san sun go bu amari mo ari

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Host - Ula - Aaron - Marius

Main Topic Shin Gyou So

Poem #70 うす板とこの大小また花や花生によりかはるしなしな

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• Adam
• Marius

Main Topic - Gyakugatte

Poem 69. うす板は床かまちより十七目、または十八十九目におけ

The thin board is placed seventeen weaves from the edge of the alcove's step But this is not absolute; 18 or 19 may suit

Host - Aaron - Adam - Marius

Guest - Ula

Main Topic

Koma - Small tearooms

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68. 帛紗をば竪は九寸よこ巾は八寸八分曲尺にせよ fukusa oba tate wa kyū sunn yoko haba wa hassunn hachi bu kane-jaku ni se yo For a fukusa, measure in kanejaku 9 sunn for its height; Then an 8 sunn 8 bu width, asymmetry should delight.

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- Lunar New Year: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jf1hQR7rsLk

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• Adam
• Marius

Poem 67 For a chakin's size, measure in kanejaku 1 shaku long; Then for the width of the cloth, measure 5 sunn along

chakin oba nagami nuno haba isshaku ni yoko wa go sun no kanejaku to shire

茶巾をば長み布はば一尺に 横は五寸のかね尺としれ

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• Adam
• Marius
• Anthony

Main Topic

Rikyus New Year

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Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tR1FtpBWzY

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• - Adam
• - Marius
• - Anthony

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65. 蓋置きに三つ足あらば一つ足まへにつかふと心得ておけ

futaoki ni mittsu ashi araba hitotsu ashi mae e ni tsukau to kokoroeteoke

for a three legged futaoki remember while using the tool one leg comes to the front and two to the back as a rule

Main Topic - Adams Mizuya Rules

Information Referenced - https://www.uedasokochanoyu.com/2018/12/17/thus-spake-mizuyathustra/

Host - Adam - Marius - Anthony

Poem 64. いにしへは名物などの香合へ直ちにたきもの入れぬとぞきく inishie wa meibutsu nado no kōgō e tadachi ni takimono irenu to zo kiku

I hear in the past a precious incense holder was treated sacredly; Even incense was not placed in the vessel directly

Main Topic when to start doing tea for others and when to do you first tea for your teacher.