Edged hand water basin - Ensakichozubachi

…The role of the chozubachi is to purify the mind and body when attending a tea ceremony, just as when praying to the gods and Buddha. The Nanpo Roku explains that “Water is brought to the garden for the host’s first gesture, and the guests also use water for their first gesture. This is the basis of the garden and the hermitage. The chozubachi is for those who come to the garden to wash away the impurities of the world.” Various ideas were devised, including the tsukubai (water basin) in which the pot is placed low in the garden, and the tall hachimae-style chozubachi (bowl-front chozubachi), also known as the veranda chozubachi. The water hole for storing water is often shallow and hemispherical, but there are also oval and square shapes. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "Ensaki Tezubachi" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…手水鉢の役割は，茶事に臨むに際し，神仏に詣でるのと同様に心身を清浄にするところにあり，《南方録》に〈露地にて亭主の初の所作に水を運び，客も初の所作に水をつかふ，これ露地･草庵の大本也，此露地に問ひ問ハるゝ人，たがひに世塵のけがれをすゝぐ為の手水鉢也〉と説かれている。種々の趣向がこらされ，庭に生けこんで鉢を低く据えたつくばい(蹲踞)や，縁先手水鉢とも呼ばれる丈の高い鉢前（はちまえ）形式の手水鉢が工夫された。水をためておく水穴は，浅い半球形のものが多く，楕円形，角形のものもある。…

※「縁先手水鉢」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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