The Japanese Tea Cermony or chanoyu • Murata Shuko: known as the father of the tea ceremony. He was the first to add “spirit” and wabito tea • Takeno Joo: further developed Shuko’s wabi tea Sen No Rikyu: was a pupil
of Joo and developed the tea ceremony to what it is popularly known today
The Three Tea Schools • After Rikyu’s death, his grandson, Sen no Sotan, divided his sons’ inheritance which formed the three Sen-line schools: Urasenke, Omotesenke, and Mushanokojisenke
Chanoyu into the 20th century • Meiji Restoration: a decline in Japanese fine arts threatened Japanese culture • Opened chanoyu to females • During WWII, all male instructors but two were drafted in the Urasenke school, so the first female senior instructor, Hamamoto Soshun, was appointed
Tea and Zen
“Tea and Zen are of the same
essence.”
- Takeno Joo
Tea Culture in China and Japan
And in the west…
Tea Today