An Introduction to Japanese Tea Ritual

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SUNY Press, 1991 M01 1 - 348 páginas
Enchanting and enigmatic, chanoyu (Japanese tea ritual) has puzzled western observers since the sixteenth century. Here is a book written by a tea practitioner that explains why over twenty million modern Japanese -- and a small but dedicated group of non-Japanese -- follow "The Way of Tea." Meticulously researched, An Introduction to Japanese Tea Ritual is clearly written and illustrated, and includes an extensive glossary.

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The Nature of Tea Ritual
1
PUTTING THIS RESEARCH IN CONTEXT
2
SOME FUNDAMENTAL IDEAS ABOUT TEA RITUAL
4
ABOUT THIS BOOK
10
The History of Chanoyu
11
Chapter 2 The Beginning of the Road
13
ASSESSING CHINESE TEA RITUAL
21
Tea Comes to Japan
23
THE YEARLY CYCLE OF TEA
106
A Model Shōgo Chaji
127
Behind the Scenes
129
PRELIMINARY PREPARATIONS FOR CHAJI
137
The Event Begins
141
SYMBOLISM IN TRADITIONAL CLOTHING AND ACCESSORIES FOR TEA
142
MACHIAI KOSHIKAKE MACHIAI AND OUTER ROJI
148
Physical Aspects of the Ritual Environment
153

EISAI RINZAI ZEN AND TEA
24
TEA COMPETITIONS
26
FURTHER ZEN INFLUENCE ON TEA
27
NŌAMIS ATTEMPT TO RECONCILE ZEN TEA WITH THE TEA OF THE ELITES
28
MURATA SHUKŌ INTRODUCES THE WABISTYLE
29
A BRIEF REVIEW OF JAPANESE TEA RITUAL THROUGH THE ASHIKAGA ERA
32
The Samurai and the Merchant Tea Masters
33
THE ERA OF SEN RIKYŪ
34
Sen Rikyūs Achievements in Tea
49
RIKYŪS CONTRIBUTION TO TEA PHILOSOPHY
51
RIKYŪ AS A TEACHER
53
RIKYŪ IN RETROSPECT
58
Sen Rikyūs Legacy
61
HIDEYOSHIS FINAL YEARS
62
ESTABLISHING THE SEN FAMILY SCHOOLS OF TEA
63
TEA DURING THE EARLY TOKUGAWA PERIOD
66
TEA IN THE LATE EDO PERIOD
70
CONCLUSION
72
Organization in the Tea World
75
Tea School Structure
77
IE DŌZOKU AND IEMOTO DEFINED
78
URASENKE AS IE
80
URASENKE IN THE CONTEXT OF THE DŌZOKU
83
THE IEMOTO
87
THE UTILITY OF FAMILYDOMINATED TEA SCHOOLS
89
Learning the Grammar of Tea Ritual
95
THE MASTERDISCIPLE RELATIONSHIP
96
SPECIFIC TEA PROCEDURES
100
THE MAIN CLASSES OF TEA GATHERINGS
102
SEVEN PRINCIPAL TYPES OF CHAJI
103
TEAHOUSE ARCHITECTURE
156
VIEWING THE TOKONOMA AND UTENSIL AREA
158
THE TEAROOM AS COGNITIVE MODEL
160
ShoiriThe First Half of the Chaji
165
SHOZUMITHE FIRST CHARCOAL PREPARATION
172
OMOGASHITHE MAIN SWEETS
175
The Break and the Return to the Tearoom
179
NAKADACHITHE MIDDLE BREAK
181
VIEWING UTENSILS USED FOR KOICHA
184
Thick Tea Preparation
187
PREPARING AND DRINKING THICK TEA
191
THE GUESTS ASK TO SEE THE UTENSILS
196
The Preparation of Thin Tea
199
USUCHATHE THIN TEA PORTION OF THE CHAJI
201
Interpreting Tea Ritual
209
THE FOUR INTEGRAL ORDERING PRINCIPLES OF CHADŌ
213
INTEGRATING TEA INTO DAILY LIFE
216
TEA IN A CULTURAL CONTEXT
220
TEA FOR THE TWENTYFIRST CENTURY
224
The Temae Appendix
227
The Toriawase Appendix
239
Notes
249
Glossary
265
Tea Bibliography
303
JAPANESE LANGUAGE SOURCES
309
Japanese Culture Bibliography
311
Selected General Bibliography
321
Index
327
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Jennifer L. Anderson earned a Ph.D. from Stanford University in Anthropology, and holds a Hikitsugi certificate from the Urasenke tea school.

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