Essentially, tea utensils should be actually used to realize their values; however, sometimes gifted utensils were just displayed and observed, and hesitated to be used for serving tea for the sake of showing respect to the giver of the gift.
本来茶道具は点前に用いてこそのものだが、拝領先を憚り床に飾って拝見するだけで点前には用いないということまで行われるようになった。