袱ふく紗さ

noun

fukusa (silk wrapping cloth); small cloth for tea ceremony

A square of fine silk used to wrap gifts or to handle tea utensils during the tea ceremony. The same cloth serves both purposes, with the tea ceremony use being a specialized application.

• 茶さ道どうでは、袱ふく紗さで茶ちゃ碗わんを清きよめます。

  In the tea ceremony, you purify the tea bowl with a fukusa.

• お祝いわいの品しなを袱ふく紗さに包つつんで持じ参さんした。

  I brought the celebratory gift wrapped in a fukusa.