1.茶道【SADOU】”The Way Of Tea” is one of the most recommended experiences as an entrance of Japanese traditional culture! If you mastered it, you might close to an “enlightenment”!?
Have you ever ate MATCHA Ice Cream, MATCHA Chocolate
or MATCHA latte?
Then, how about a bowl of 抹茶【MATCYA(Green Powdered Tea)】in 抹茶茶碗【MATCHA-C(Z)HAWAN（Tea Bowl for Matcha）】?
If you felt it’s not just a beverage, but there would be a world which is something profound on the back of one tea bowl , that feeling might be true♪
In Japan, many things become 道【MICHI/DOU（WAY or ROAD)】which should be mastered . Like 書道【SHO-DOU】The Way of Calligraphy, 剣道【KENDOU】The Way of Sword, 合気道【AIKI-DOU】, 空手道【KARATE-DOU】, 香道【KOUDOU】The Way of Incense, 華道【KADOU】The way of flower …and 茶道【SADOU】,”The Way of Tea”.
CONTENTS:
1.ABOUT 抹茶【MATCHA】AS A DRINK: FEATURES AND NUTRITION
2.HISTORY OF SADOU: THE MOST FAMOUS TEA MASTER 千利休【SEN NO RIKYUU】AND WHAT’S 侘び寂び【WABI-SABI】?
3.INFRUENCES OF 禅【ZEN-BUDDISM】IN TEA CEREMONIES.ZEN words are on hanging scrolls and it is a theme of the tea ceremony.
How different お茶事【O-CHAJI】from お茶会【O-CHAKAI】? O-CHAJI is large syｍphony last about 4 hours while CHAKAI is only one part of it.
Recommended: 4.TEA CEREMONY FOR BEGINNERS. If only you know those simple rules, you can enjoy Tea ceremony with fun!!
PROLOGUE :
抹茶【MATCHA】or Green Powdered Tea is popular as healthy drink all over the world recently.
Amazingly, it has two components great for meditating！
1.ABOUT 抹茶【MATCHA】AS A DRINK: FEATURES AND NUTRITION
In addition to that, when it is served at 茶会【CHA-KAI(Tea Ceremonies)】 in Japanese 茶道【SADOU】”The way of Tea”, just to drink this beverage become very artistic and philosophical act.
In a serenity of tea room, one bowl of MATCYA green powdered tea is prepared politely and carefully. The movements is called 点前【TEMAE】, which has not been changed almost for more than 400 years since tea master 千利休【SEN NO RIKYUU】had established it.
2.HISTORY OF SADOU: THE MOST FAMOUS TEA MASTER 千利休【SEN NO RIKYUU】AND WHAT’S 侘び寂び【WABI-SABI】?
There are a lot of secrets for enjoying silence in the tea room. All things in a tea room including flowers, tea bowls, tea scoops and sweets are selected and arranged by 亭主【TEISYU(the host of tea party)】following a theme of 禅語【ZENGO（ZEN-WORDS)】on the hanging scroll at alcove.
3.INFRUENCES OF 禅【ZEN-BUDDISM】IN TEA CEREMONIES.ZEN words are on hanging scrolls and it is a theme of the tea ceremony.
By the way, there are 2 kind of Tea ceremony divided：茶会【CHAKAI】and 茶事【CHAJI】. 茶会 is also divided into 大寄席【OOYOSE（Many peoples in a large room 】and 小間【KOMA(Small number of peoples in a Small Room)】.
How different お茶事【O-CHAJI】from お茶会【O-CHAKAI】? O-CHAJI is large syｍphony last about 4 hours while CHAKAI is only one part of it.
There are interesting rules based on original philosophy. Just enjoying taste 抹茶【MATCHA】and 和菓子【WAGSHI】in a peaceful mood is great enough though,if you got some knowledges in advance, it would make your experience of tea ceremony more special and meaningful.
Recommended: 4.TEA CEREMONY FOR BEGINNERS. If only you know those simple rules, you can enjoy Tea ceremony as much as 30 times!
If you wanted to make delicious 抹茶【MATCHA】at your home, please check this article.
5.HOW TO MAKE MATCHA AT YOUR HOME?
When you wanted to participate Tea Ceremony in Japan, please check these rules below.
６.MINOMUM RULES YOU’D BETTER TO KNOW BEFORE YOU JOIN TEA CEREMONIES : BEHAVES, BELONGINGS,SOMR RULES, SO ON.
＜DICTIONARY＞
A 赤楽【AKA-RAKU】
B 備前焼【BIZEN-YAKI】
C 茶釜【CHA-Ｇ(K)AMA】茶会【CHA-KAI】/茶筅【CHA-SEN】/茶杓【CHA-SＨAKU】/茶室【CHA-SHITSU】/茶事【CHA-JI】/
D 道具畳【DOUGU-D(T)ATAMI】
E
F 袱紗【FUKUSA】/袱紗入れ【FUKUSA-IRE】/風炉【FURO】/風炉釜【FURO-KAMA】/襖【FUSUMA】
G
H 萩焼【HAGI-YAKI】/花【HANA】/花入れ【HANA-IRE】/半生菓子【HAN-NAMA-GAHI】/彼岸【HIGAN】/干菓子【HIGASHI】
I 石灯篭【ISHI-D(T)OUROU】
J
K 懐紙【KAISHI】/釜【KAMA】/掛け軸【KAKEJIKU】/建水【KENSUI】/金継【KIN-TSUGI】/苔【KOKE】/濃茶【KOI-CHA】/香合【KOUGOU】/久谷焼【KUTANI-YAKI】/黒文字【KURO-MOJI】/黒楽茶碗【KURORAKU-Z(C)HAWAN】/京焼【KYOU-YAKI】
L
M 饅頭【MANJYUU】/抹茶【MATCHA】/抹茶茶碗【MATCHA-CYAWAN】/水指【MIZU-SASHI】/物見石【MONOMI-ISHI】
N 棗【NATSUME】
O お盆【O-BON】/お薄【O-USU】/お炭点前【OSUMI-D(T)EMAE】/お床【O-TOKO】
P
Q
R 楽茶碗【RAKU-Z(C)HAWAN】/炉【RO】/流派【RYUUHA】/露地【ROJI】
S 茶道【SADOU】/千利休【SEN NO RIKYUU】/所作【SHOSA】/漆芸【SHITU-GEI】/此岸【SHIGAN】/信楽焼【SHIGARAKI-YAKI】
T 竹細工【TAKE-ZAIKU】/畳【TATAMI】/点前【TEMAE】/飛石【TOBI-ISHI】/灯篭【TOUROU】/床の間【TOKONOMA】/陶芸【TOUGEI】
U 漆【URUSHI】/漆塗り【URUSHI-NURI】
V
W 和菓子【WAGASHI】/和生【WANAMA】
X
Y 羊羹【YOUKAN】
Z 禅【ZEN】/禅語【ZEN-GO】/禅僧【ZEN-SOU】