こんにちは！スタッフＴです。

今年はいつもより梅雨入りが早いそうですね～名古屋も早朝から小雨が降り始めています。

足元が雨水に浸かったり、洗濯物が乾きにくかったり、なんとなく憂鬱な．．．

そんな気分でしたが、通りかかりに眺めてきた紫陽花の蕾は、
心なしか生き生きとしているようです。

そうそう、どんな曇りの空にも、銀の裏地がある＿と言いますものね！

雨の休日は出掛ける代わりに在宅時間も楽しめそうですよね！
(無理矢理元気をだそう感ありありですか？)

 

さて５月は薫風に芳しい新茶の季節でもありますが、

茶道を嗜む皆様には、抹茶についても気になるところですよね！

しかしながら、抹茶の新茶の季節は＿なんと１１月！

抹茶は茶樹に覆いをかけて２０日間以上日光を遮り、大切に手間暇かけて育てた新芽を摘み取ったあと、

茶葉を蒸し、乾燥し、碾茶(てんちゃ)となって茶壺に入れられ、涼しい場所で約半年間保管されるのです。

摘み立ての抹茶は青臭味が強いそうですよ。

時間をかけて熟成された碾茶を石うすで挽き、ようやく美味しい抹茶となるのです。

 

今は一定の温度を保つことのできる冷蔵庫などが開発されたので、

それほど時間を掛けずとも美味しいお茶に仕上がるとのことで、

抹茶の新茶も５月に販売するところもあるようですが、

一保堂さんなどでは、この時期の新茶といえば昔と変わらず煎茶のみのだそう。

 

ちなみに江戸時代には、京都府宇治市の名産品である宇治茶を徳川将軍家に献上するため、

茶を詰めた茶壺を運ぶ行列がありました。

大名行列同様に街道筋(東海道・中山道)の住民は土下座などを強要されたことから

『お茶壺道中』とよばれ、それは１６３３年から徳川幕府が倒れるまで続きました。
 

「ずいずいずっころばし」という童謡をご存知ですか？

スタッフＴの子どもの頃にはお決まりの手遊び唱でしたが、意味を知ったときには意外で驚きました！

(最近の子どもたちは知らなくて…そのことも結構ビックリでしたが…)

庶民が行列の前を横切ろうものなら、女子どもを問わず手打ちにされる身分制度の厳しい時代、

「茶壺が来たらピシャンと戸を閉めて、誰が呼んでも外に出てはいけない」という戒めの意味が込められていたとか。

 

そんな大事なお茶壺さま、秋も深まる11月に開封の儀をおこなう訳です。

茶道では茶壺の口を切る茶事を『口切の茶事』と云い、

数ある茶事の中でも最も格式が高いとされ、茶人の正月とも称されます。

スタッフＴが通っている茶道のお稽古場で、晩秋のお稽古茶事として、

その『口切の茶事』を経験させて頂いたことがありました。
 

お師匠様の心入れの茶壺飾り、御茶入日記、葉茶じょうご、茶臼、

瓢（ふくべ）の炭斗、備前の花入れ、織部の茶碗など格別のお道具立て．．．

そして参座した皆さまとの語らいのひと時．．．

これ程のお稽古が出来ること、感激も一入でした。

様々な機会を与えて下さるお師匠様の人柄に惹かれ、

新しい生徒さんもどんどん増えております。

 

『徳不孤』徳のある方の所には自然に人が集まるもの。

 

昨今、新型コロナウイルスの流行により大勢様で一度に集うことが難しいくなりましたが、

厳かに諸行事が行われる日が来ることをねがいつつ＿

Hello! This is Staff T.

It seems that the rainy season starts earlier this year than usual ~ It has begun to rain lightly in Nagoya from early morning.

My feet are soaked in rainwater, the laundry is hard to dry, and I feel depressed. .. ..

The hydrangea buds that I have been looking at along the way in such a mood seem to be alive and well.

Every cloudy sky has a silver lining.

By the way, May is also the season for new tea,

If you like tea ceremony, you’re also curious about matcha!

However, the season for new matcha tea is November!

Matcha covers the tea plant to block sunlight for more than 20 days, and after carefully picking the sprouts that have been cultivated with time and effort.

The tea leaves are steamed, dried, turned into tencha, placed in a tea jar, and stored in a cool place for about half a year.

It seems that freshly picked matcha has a green odor and cannot be drunk.

Tencha, which has been aged for a long time, is ground with a thin stone and finally becomes delicious matcha.

& nbsp;

Now that refrigerators that can maintain a constant temperature have been developed,

It is said that it will be a delicious tea without spending too much time.

It seems that some new matcha tea will be sold in May,

At Ippodo and others, the only new tea at this time is sencha, as it used to be.

At the tea ceremony rehearsal hall where Staff T attends, as a rehearsal tea ceremony in late autumn
By the way, during the Edo period, Uji tea, a specialty of Uji City, Kyoto Prefecture, was presented to the Tokugawa Shogunate.

There was a procession to carry tea pots filled with tea.

As with the Daimyō procession, the residents of the highway (Tokaido / Nakasendo) were forced to sit down on the ground.

It was called “Chatsubo Dochu” and it continued from 1633 until the fall of the Tokugawa Shogunate.

Do you know a nursery rhyme called “Zuizu Izukurobashi”?

When I was a child of Staff T, it was a standard hand-playing song, but I was surprised when I learned the meaning!

(I didn’t know the kids these days … I was pretty surprised that too …)

If the common people want to cross in front of the procession, it is an era when the social division system is strict, regardless of whether it is a girl or a child.

It was said that the meaning of the commandment was that “when the teapot comes, close the door with Pishan and do not go outside no matter who calls it.”

& nbsp;

Such an important tea jar will be opened in November, when autumn is deepening.

In the tea ceremony, the tea ceremony that cuts the mouth of the tea pot is called “Kuchikiri tea ceremony”.

It is said to be the most prestigious of the many tea ceremonies, and is also called the New Year of the tea masters.

I have experienced the “Kuchikiri Tea Ceremony”.
& nbsp;

A tea jar decoration, a diary of tea, a leaf tea funnel, and a millstone. .. ..

Special tool stand such as gourd charcoal dough,

And a moment of conversation with everyone who attended. .. ..

I was deeply moved by the fact that I could practice this much.

Attracted by the personality of the master who gives us various opportunities

The number of sisters and disciples, siblings, and new students is increasing steadily.

& nbsp;

“Tokufuku” People naturally gather in places with virtue.

& nbsp;

Recently, the epidemic of the new coronavirus has made it difficult for a large number of people to gather.

While hoping that the day will come when various events will be held solemnly _

 

＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊
大切な思い出の品物を整理しなければならないこと、ございますよね。
そんな時は古美術風向舎名古屋店までご相談下さい。
出張買取も致しております。

名古屋近郊だけでなく、愛知・岐阜・三重・その他の地域へも伺えますので、
先ずは皆様よりのご連絡をお待ち申しあげております。

古美術 風光舎 名古屋店（店舗営業時間　10:00～17:00）
０５２-７３４-８４４４
＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊
You have to organize your memorable items,
In such a case, please contact the antique art Fukosya Nagoya.

We also do business trip purchases.
We can visit not only the suburbs of Nagoya but also Aichi, Gifu, Mie, and other areas.
First of all, we look forward to hearing from you.

Antique Art Fukosha Nagoya Store (Store business hours 10: 00-17: 00)
052-734-8444
＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊