After the person is seated, he or she removes the fukusa, takes it by its end in the right hand, place the thumb of the left hand on its center, fold the fukusa in half, take it in the right hand, and clean the chaire or natsume.
席に着いてから袱紗を抜き取り、右手で端を取り、左手親指を中央にいれて、袱紗を半分に折り曲げ、右手に取って、茶入、または棗を拭う。