Sara☆ - 生活の知識 1

This richly illustrated book by tea master Soryo Matsumura shows you how to use the ancient Japanese tea ceremony to reduce stress and live a more enriching life. It is written for complete novices and explains all aspects of the tea ceremony with a focus on three major themes: How to perform the ……続きを見る

Why is the tea-room entrance, or nijiriguchi, so narrow? How did the practice of “passing the bowl,” or mawashinomi, come about? And that hidden meaning lies behind the ritual purification of hands and mouth, or chozu? Chanoyu, the art of preparing tea, developed against a backdrop of social turmo……続きを見る