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Kama (釜) is a Japanese term meaning metal pot or kettle. The specific term for a kama used in the Japanese tea ceremony is chagama (茶釜, "tea kettle"). Kama are made of cast iron or copper and are used to heat the water used to make tea. The ro (sunken hearth) is used during autumn and winter when it is cold. In the Tatami flooring of the ...
A tetsubin cast-iron kettle is suspended over an irori hearth in a traditional Japanese style farm house, at the Boso-no-Mura Museum A tetsubin on a brazier (). Tetsubin (鉄瓶) are Japanese cast-iron kettles with a pouring spout, a lid, and a handle crossing over the top, used for boiling and pouring hot water for drinking purposes, such as for making tea.
The Special utensils (名物 meibutsu) are historic and precious Japanese tea utensils (茶道具). They consisted of important tea bowls, kettles, spoons, whisks, etc. The classification came not only from value of the tool itself but also by the possessor and the inheritance.
The tea bowl, tea whisk, tea scoop, chakin and tea caddy are placed on a tray, and the hot water is prepared in a kettle called a tetsubin, which is heated on a brazier. This is usually the first temae learned, and is the easiest to perform, requiring neither much specialized equipment nor a lot of time to complete.
Used to steep tea leaves in hot water Tea kettle: Used to boil water Teacup: Vessels from which to drink the hot tea (after the leaves have been strained). There are many different kinds of tea cups. Tea tray: Used to hold teaware; also keeps the tea and hot water from spilling onto the table Tea strainer: Used to extract leaves from tea solutions
At a temple called Morin-ji in Kōzuke Province (now Gunma Prefecture), [c] the master priest (abbot) [d] owns a chagama (tea kettle). When the priest sets the kettle on a hearth, [e] the kettle sprouts a head and a tail (or legs as well), and turns into a half-badger, half tea-kettle creature.
Still Life: Tea Set, c. 1781–1783, painting by Jean-Étienne Liotard. Tea caddy is in the back on the left, slop basin − on the right behind the sugar bowl. A Japanese slop basin; slop basins are a common item in tea sets which are used for tea which is no longer fresh and hot enough to drink An English hot water jug and creamer; both items are commonly included in tea sets; the hot water ...
Meibutsu (名物, lit. ' famous thing ') is a Japanese term most often applied to regional specialties (also known as meisan (名産)). Meibutsu can also be applied to specialized areas of interest, such as chadō, where it refers to famous tea utensils, or Japanese swords, where it refers to specific named famous blades.