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KWIC: kami shinnari ro furo tetsubin

Jim

Dominic T. wrote:
> Michael Plant wrote:
> > In the traditional Japanese tea ceremony an iron
> > kettle is deployed over a charcoal fire. What is the
> > Japanese word for this kettle? And what exactly is
> > the English translation for the Japanese word,
> > tetsubin? Water heating kettle came first, glaze
> > lined tea brewing iron pot came second. No
> > number of detailed facts are going to change my
> > mind. I would never allow myself to be swayed
> > by the facts.
> > Michael
>
> Note: Some modern tetsubin are made of alloys which claim to not rust,
> I forgot to mention that before.
>
> kama - kettle
>
> shinnari kama - "true shape" based on the pot belly of the Tanuki (a
> raccoon-dog) and the original kama, tea kettle, is seen to have this
> same shape.
>
> Tetsubin/kama can be made for use on one or both types of heat sources,
> generally ro can be used for both heat sources while many furo are
> furo-only.
>
> furo - portable hearth/heat source (summer)
>
> ro - hearth (winter)
>
> kama and tetsubin are not interchangable to me personally, but are to
> just about everyone else. I call the decorative non-used cast iron tea
> kettles tetsubin, while I refer to the real deal old kettles and those
> used in tea ceremony kama.
>
> - Dominic