Passing around a massive cup of tea at the biannual Ōcha Morishiki Rite (大茶盛式) at Saidaiji Temple (西大寺) in Nara, an event tracing its origins to an offering of tea by the Shingon Ritsu founder and temple restorer Eison (叡尊) in 1281 to the deity Hachiman (八幡神) in thanks for repelling the recent Mongolian invasion
A few days ago, I bought these two chawan at Book Off Super Bazaar—a huge second hand shop. The oribe style one was only 550¥ and the grey one 880¥. Unfortunately I don’t know exactly what style the grey one is. If you know anything, feel free to let me know.
I love browsing through second hand ceramic sections. You never know what you might find. And I was lucky to come across these beauties. I wonder what stories they could tell 😌
有個義大利男人曾對我說:我像個小惡魔。。。😎 但我真的想告訴他一個更殘酷的真相那就是:(An Italian man once said to me: I'm like a little devil. . . But I really want to tell him a crueler truth that is~)
"地獄是空蕩蕩的,所有的惡魔都在這裡。🤣
Hell is empty and all the devils are here."
— William Shakespeare 莎士比亞
Ooh-ooh-ooh! No! I am not that "A LITTLE ONE" only, but "THE BIG DEVIL" when somethings unfair happened on me or included who did something wrong to me. The best watch out anyway!!! 😏 Lan~* 😈
PS. 這樣的享受花費等同一頓普通的牛排餐,包括喝茶。
Such enjoyment cost as an ordinary steak meal, including tea.
about :
USD 13.23
EUR 13.31
TWD 400.
Since I had tea school the day right after the Grand Tokyo Tea Ceremony, I have not put my thoughts on record right after the practice as usual. There was a lot going on these days.
But tea school was really calming. Especially since I got to practice with the same utensils like last time, because we practice for the event in December. And this will probably continue until the end of the year.
This is very unusual, since tea ceremony follows the seasons a lot! But to be honest: getting to know some utensils in this way and becoming familiar with them, is an interesting experience as well. And I made less mistakes than last time. I will be so brave to say: I might be confident to do the event without mistakes.
Besides that I have only two side notes:
1. Coincidentally, my skirt matched the manju of that day. I liked that a lot. Also this is a new skirt and it’s perfect for practices (some skirts can get really annoying lol).
2. I made a photo the temizuya where we clean our hands and mouth before we join the practice. There is no reason why. I just never did until now but somehow thought on that day, why not take a picture. So here you go.