Nakaoki is the October arrangement, at the end of the brazier season, in which the brazier is moved to the centre of the utensil mat, bringing the warmth of the fire nearer to the guests and conveying the deepening of autumn. It is positioned as a setting that bridges the seasons ahead of the changeover from brazier to hearth.
Timing
Held through the month of October, with the arrangement deepening past frost descent around 23 October. It is also the month in which the last dress of the brazier season is exhausted, as the nagori of nakaoki.
What changes
Because the brazier moves to the centre, a narrow water jar is used on the guest side of it, and the tall, wabi form particular to the narrow jar is one of the things to look for. The whole arrangement compresses toward the guests — the same gesture the hearth will make more completely a month later.
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