Tea: Napkin

Paper Napkin

Included in Tea Ceremony box

• Description: Paper napkins, kaishi,  are used when the guest is given sweets from the host at a tea ceremony. They act as a plate for the sweets. Natural wood chopsticks, kuromoji, are cleaned with the corner of the paper after they are used to transfer the sweets as a sign of cleanliness.
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• Links
  • About Tea Ceremony
  • The Way of Tea (PDF Factsheet)
  • Tea Ceremony Process
  • About Raku Ware (Tea Bowl)
  • About Sen no Rikyu
  • Tea Ceremony Utensils

• Lesson Plans (All are in PDF format)
  • Art of Japan – NCTA Ohio
  • Chanoyu: The Art of Tea – NCTA Ohio
  • Manners Among a Different Culture – Ohio Delegation Group (YJT)
  • Tea Ceremony – NCTA Ohio
  • Tea Ceremony: Sado – Ohio Delegation Group (YJT)
  • Thousand Cranes and Japanese Tea Ceremony – NCTA Ohio

• Standard Reference
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