Japanese Tea Bowls “Chawan” History of the Tea Ceremony And Examples.
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Japanese Tea Bowls“Chawan”
History of the Tea CeremonyAnd Examples
Japanese Tea Ceremony“Chanoyu” or “Sado”
• It is a choreographic ritual of preparing and serving green tea, Macha, together with some traditional sweets to balance the bitter taste of the tea.
• Preparing tea means pouring all one's attention into the predefined movements. The whole process is not about drinking tea, but is about aesthetics, preparing a bowl of tea from one's heart.
japanese-tea-ceremony.net
History of the Tea Ceremony
• Tea was a rare and valuable commodity from the Nara period to the Heian period (794-1192) due to deteriorating relations between Japan and China, so rules and formalities were based on this concept.
Myoan Eisai• Japanese priest that founded Zen
Buddhism• He created methods of making tea
that is the basis for the tea ceremony today
• He suggested that drinking tea had health benefits (a cure for all disorders). Partly because of this the tea ceremony became popular.
http://japanese-tea-ceremony.net/history.html
Types of Tea Ceremonies• Hatsugama (first kettle in January)• Akatsuki-no-chaji (dawn tea ceremony in
winter)• Yuuzari-no-chaji (early-evening
ceremony in warmer months)• Asa-cha (early-morning summer
ceremony)• Shoburo (first use of the portable
brazier/ May)
• Shougo-no-chaji (midday tea ceremony)• Kuchikiri-no-chaji (ceremony
celebrating the breaking of the seal on a jar of new tea/ November)
• Nagori-no-chaji (ceremony honoring the last remains of the year’s supply of tea and to see out the warm months before winter sets/ October)
• Yobanashi (winter-evening ceremony)
http://japanese-tea-ceremony.net/types_ceremony.html
Tea Bowl Examples
Tadashi Nishihata
Tadashi Mori
Richard Milgrim
Richard Milgrim
Joy of the Noble TeacupInternational Chawan Exhibition
2005
Your Requirements• 2 tea bowls (1 set) in the Traditional
Style• The set must represent a season or
style• Even Pinch construction (1/4”)• Must meet strict Tea Masters’
Requirements found in text on page 51 and be cleanly decorated.