TeaLife Audio

Host

• Adam
• Marius
• Anthony

Poem

Main Topic: Hiroshima

Information referenced:

• Cultivating Femininity: Women and Tea Culture in Edo and Meji Japan. https://amzn.to/2wlJgNe

Hosts

• Adam
• Marius
• Anthony

釣甁こそ手は竪に置け、蓋取らば釜に近付方と知るべし tsurube koso te wa tate ni oke, futa toraba kama ni chikazuku hō to shiru beshi

Place the tsurube Crosspiece lengthways with the lids One slat either side Then for which lid you must take Remember: 'the kettle side'

Main Topic: Hierarchy in Tea

Hosts:

• Adam
• Marius
• Anthony

Guests:

• Gilles
• Takeo

Main topic: Visiting Moku-an and Sohen Ryu

Information Referenced:

• The Ideologies of Japanese Tea by Tim Cross
• The Zen Arts by Rupert A. Cox

Host

• Adam

Guests

• Marius
• Anthony

Host

• Aaron
• Marius

Guest

• Ula

Poem

茶を振るは手先を振ると思うなよ肘より振れよ、それが秘事也 cha wo furu wa tesaki wo furu to omou na yo hiji yori fure yo sore ga hiji nari

When whisking the cha Think not of nimble fingers Nor a snappy wrist Instead whisk from your elbow From here does the action flow

The rhyming of 'hiji' (elbow) and 'hiji' (secret matter) seems intentional. I have reflected this with a rhyme in the translation

Main Topic - Students progression

Hosts

• Adam
• Marius
• Anthony

Poem

柄杓にて白湯と水とを汲む時は、汲むと思はじ、持つと思はじ hishaku nite sayu to mizu to o kumu toki wa, kumu to omowaji, motsu to omowaji

Scoop without scooping When you draw up hot water Scoop without scooping When you ladle fresh water Hold the shaku with no hand

Information Referenced

• Tea Duet: https://vimeo.com/214474765
• Adams temae video https://vimeo.com/255650946
• Vocabulary Temae Cards
  • Dogu.Store: https://dogu.store/product/vocabulary-cards/
  • Buy Directly: https://www.thegamecrafter.com/games/temae-card-vocabulary

Hosts

• Adam
• Marius
• Anthony

Poem

湯を汲みて茶碗に入る、其の時の柄杓の捻は肱よりぞ爲る yu o kumite chawan ni ireru, sono toki no hishaku no neji wa hiji kara yori zo suru

Into a tea bowl The cascade of water hot Flows from the elbow, Urged by a twist from this joint A hot stream chords from bamboo

Information referenced:

• https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
• Cultivating Femininity http://amzn.to/2F5lt3o

Hosts

• Adam
• Damian
• Anthony

Poem

Main Topic - Teaching Online

Information referenced:

• Randys book: http://amzn.to/2Flj190
• Vocabulary book: https://www.amazon.co.jp/%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A9%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%E3%81%A7%E8%A6%9A%E3%81%88%E3%82%8B-%E8%8C%B6%E3%81%AE%E6%B9%AF%E8%8B%B1%E5%8D%98%E8%AA%9E-%E3%83%96%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB-%E6%BF%B1%E5%90%8D%E5%AE%97%E6%95%B4/dp/4473041921

Hosts: - Adam - Marius - Anthony

Poem 51. 湯を汲まば 柄杓に心 月の輪 の損ねぬように覺悟して汲め yu wo kumaba hishaku ni kokoro tsuki no wa no sokonenu yō ni kakugo shite kume

When drawing water From the kettle you must care For the crescent moon: Scoop so you do no

Hosts: - Adam - Marius - Damian

POEM 茶入より茶掬ふには心得て初中後すくへそれが秘事也 chaire yori cha tsukū niwa kokoroete syo chū go sukue sore ga hiji nari

Distinguish in three The manner of scooping tea From a chaire Scoop at first, then midst, and end The secret here does