bowl rwesearch pt 1

Features of the Japanese room and its importance to tea ceremony

The Japanese room at THE KAETSU CENTRE has all the necessary requirerments to create a
traditional tea room, going by each item:

The Scroll:

The Rock Garden:

Ro:

Tatami:

Flower Arrangement:

Incense Burner:

^^^will update soon^^

booked venue

The venue of the performance is confirmed to take place at THE KAETSU CENTRE in the Japanese room

Hopefully I will be able to serve 4-5 guests who have had no experinece in the field of tea ceremony

This is where I have been studying for the past few months thus it shall be no daunting experience for me. here are some pictures for what it looks like

it is a 12 tatami sized mat (tatami are the rectangular mats as shown)

 

A small rock garden

 

booked tea bowl kiln session

Japan Day Tea Ceremony




Today (March 9th) at the Kaetsu Centre Cambridge there was a free all day event (Japan Day) and one of its events was an hour long tea ceremony introduction and demonstration. It was an opportunity not to miss and the turnout was near full capacity.

http://kaetsu.co.uk/events/japanday2013.pdf

^^^Link to the program for that day ^^^

photos for the event, credits to Mr.Yasu, cambridge tea member for many years .

The event took place on stage of the lecture hall - yet transformed into a bamboo mat tea room effortlessly
essentially a tea room can be just 3 mats in length. It is common to see such small tea rooms, and it symbolizes its simplicity and practicality. It can also be easily taken down and put up this way, like ancient samurai warlords would do. They would set up a mobile tea house just before battle, sometimes even with the enemy lord, to settle themselves and to respect their opponent.

TEABOWLS Sasaki Chojiro's (1516-92) teabowls are sometimes considered the ultimate in Japanese ceramics. They are modest in shape and undecorated, they fit well in the hand and convey the warmth of the hot tea. Handbuilt without the use of a wheel, the bowls are irregular in shape with a small, round foot and sides that are almost straight. Chojiro's teabowls serve as inspiration as students create their own teabowls

However for my performance (resons being its expensive to buy chojiro bowls, and they're not designed for my performance type, we will use usucha bowls.)

example of an usucha tea bowl

 

 

 

Koicha Bowl