古帛紗こぶくさ

noun

kobukusa; silk tea ceremony cloth

A small, high-quality silk cloth used in Japanese tea ceremony to handle tea utensils or as a decorative base. Typically about 16 cm square.

• 茶さ道どうでは、古こ帛紗ぶくさをたたんで懐ふところに入いれておきます。

  In tea ceremony, you fold the kobukusa and keep it inside the front of your kimono.

• 濃こい茶ちゃをいただくとき、古こ帛紗ぶくさの上うえに茶ちゃ碗わんが置おかれます。

  When drinking thick tea, the tea bowl is placed on a kobukusa.