--- Rob <
capt_bochan@...> wrote:
> I am told that during the tea ceremony turning the
> chawan clockwise
> when returning it to the host was an indication of
> hostilities to come.
> Since samurai held the ceremony under such high
> regard they would never
> outwardly show anything but respect to thier host
> and instead used this
> simple gesture to display thier true feelings.
Sounds like someone trying to read too much into
things, or something an author made up (Clavell, for
instance) to further his image of the "inscrutable"
Japanese. In my Sado experience, when you receive the
tea bowl, you turn in clockwise to get to the drinking
side (each bowl has a "face", which the host presents
to you, and you drink from the side opposite the face,
so you have to turn it). Once done, you turn it back
counterclockwise. Some schools make a big deal of
turning it 3 times (not completely around, but using 3
motions to turn it halfway around), some don't--it
just depends. B ut no, I've never ever ehard of the
direction indicating your hostile intentions--sounds
like complete bunk to me.
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