Keywords
Architecture
Tea Houses
Also koboshi 零し. A waste-water container into which either hot or cold water is poured after a tea bowl has been rinsed during a tea ceremony. It was one of objects placed on a movable stand *daisu 台子, that could be wheeled into the tea ceremony room *chashitsu 茶室. It is made of metal, clay or plain, thin wood bent *magemono 曲物, into a shallow cylindrical shape. But a bowl-shaped kensui is most common. Some kensui are lacquered. Another type of kensui, called efugo kensui 餌畚建水 (falcon's feeder), has a particularly small mouth and a rim that opens widely. A clean kensui is used for each tea ceremony. Disposing of the waste water is considered an unclean task and reuse in front of guests is considered a discourtesy.
