These pictures were taken at the kaiseke and tea ceremonies to inaugurate Don's teahouse on Cobb Mountain. Dark pictures were taken without flash. Click on them to see better.
Date: 04/21/2008
Owner: Diana L. Paxson
Size: 45 items
0. Outside the tea house
This shows Don in his kimono, in which he looks remarkably handsome.
Date: 04/17/2008
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1. teahouse exterior
The teahouse has a blue metal roof and red plaster.
Date: 04/17/2008
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2. Tsukubai
Guests use the tsukubai to dip water from this basin to rinse their mouths and wash their hands. Don has almost finished making it, hollowing it out with a hammer and chisel from a chunk of native granite.
Date: 04/17/2008
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3. Tsukubai Hishaku Closeup
The dipper you use to wash your mouth and hands.
Date: 04/17/2008
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4. The two doors
To the left you can see the host's entrance, to the right the small guest's entrance
Date: 04/17/2008
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5. Guest's Door and Windows
Another view that shows the paper windows and a better view of the low door through which the guests crawl to enter.
Date: 04/17/2008
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6. host door
The host brings the food, etc. through this door.
Date: 04/17/2008
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7. interior host door
This is the inner host door as seen from inside the tea room. The host enters the outer door, kneels, opens the inner door, sets the items inside, creeps through, closes the door, picks up the items, steps to the firepit and kneels a
