Inscriptions

Poem 1: Suikyotei Umekage\r\n\r\n--In the delicate patter of rain \r\nheard on a spring day, \r\nis not the shuffle of the tea sieve, \r\nbut the tinkle of the tin caddy,\r\nto suit the mood.\r\n\r\n(revised 5-17-19)\r\n\r\nPoem 2: Shichukan Hayawaza\r\n\r\n--Whiling away the long, \r\ncarefree day,\r\nin the next room we see\r\na stone mill\r\nwith freshly powdered tea.\r\n\r\n\r\nPoem 3: Garyuen\r\n\r\n--A kettle clad in hail \r\nfrom top to bottom, \r\npaired with a jar of tea,\r\nsashed at the waist, \r\nafter a fashion.\r\n\r\nAH 2-19-18 revised 7-24-18\r\n茶器五色　尚製　（Shunman)\r\nChaki goshiki Shou sei \r\nFive Colors of Tea Utensils by Shou (made by Shunman)\r\n\r\n白 White\r\n錫中川ぎ Suzu Nakatsugi ("Middle Man" made of tin: a type of tea caddy for matcha with the height of the lid and the receiving section of the container are the same height so the meeting point of the container is in the middle thus given this name, and this one is made of tin) \r\n\r\nPoem 1: 水鏡亭梅景　Suikyoutei Umekage　\r\n\r\n古満や可那　雨の音きく　春の日八\r\n茶篩なら須　春ゝの中つ支\r\n\r\nKomayaka na/ ame no oto kiku/ haru no hi wa\r\nchaburui narazu/ suzu no nakatsugi\r\n\r\n(Hearing fine rain on a spring day, not using a tea riddle but a tea caddy called "middle man")\r\n\r\nPoem 2: 市中館早業 Shichuukan Hayawaza\r\n以そ可須も　日の奈可介れバ　次の間尓　茶の挽經の　三ゆるいし臼\r\n\r\nIsogazu mo/ hi no naga kere ba/ tsugi no ma ni/ cha no hiki tate no/ miyuru ishi usu\r\n\r\n(As day is long without hurry, may we see the tea just ground at a stone grinder next room.)\r\n\r\nPoem 3: 臥竜園 Garyuuen\r\n上下も　者へる小もんの　あられか満　錦の茶壷の　熨斗目腰尓は\r\n\r\nKamishimo mo/ haeru komon no/ arare gama/ kin no chatsubo no/ noshime* goshi ni wa\r\n\r\n(The kettle, the top half and the bottom half designed with all over with snow-balls, looks fine seen through the tea storage jar clothed with different design separated from the hip section.) \r\n\r\n*Adam, please look up "noshime" or "noshime goshi" in Japanese dictionary on the kimono and hakama designs for samurai.\r\n\r\nEnglish tentative. SO 2-3-2018\r\n