sagekiri 下げ切

A little used placement of the firebox *ro 炉, in a tea ceremony room *chashitu 茶室. The firebox was set into the lower part of the mat next to the host's mat *temae datami 点前畳. It was difficult for the host to handle the utensils properly in a tiny 1.5 mat tea ceremony room when the firebox was placed on the mat next to his own. Originally, two other positions besides sagekiri, placed the firebox in the mat next to the host's: *agetekiri 上げ手切 and oshitsukekiri 押付切. Over time these were no longer used. Instead *yojōhangiri 四畳半切, or *daimegiri 台目切, *mukōgiri 向切 and sumikiri 隅切, which cut the firebox into the host's mat became more commonly used. Example: Konnichi'an Urasenke 今日庵裏千家, Kyoto.