Tea: Cup

Tea Ceremony Cup

Included in Visual Arts box, Tea Ceremony box

• Description: Raku ware is a traditional type of pottery used in a tea ceremony. They are typically hand-molded rather than thrown on a ceramic wheel. Sen no Rikyu, a historical figure in the Japanese “Way of Tea,” used these style of tea bowls in his wabi-styled tea ceremonies.

  Tea ceremony cups, chawan, are the most essential utensil for a tea ceremony. They come in all shapes, sizes and styles and are chosen depending on the season and occasion.
  For more information, visit: http://www.jnto.go.jp/eng/indepth/cultural/experience/f.html

• 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

• 360 view

• 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

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