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Masterworks of Japanese Tea Tradition: Part 2

9/17/2020

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The Beauty of Age: Treasured Iron Kettles
​as the Embodiment of the Sabi Aesthetic

live via Zoom on
Sunday, September 20, 1 pm
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single session $10 / six-session series $55 (CAD)
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The second session of our series will examine the central role of the humble iron kettle in traditional tea gatherings through a number of well-known examples. Drawing on historical episodes surrounding the use and transmission of these treasured kettles and their associations with famous tea masters, this session will focus more closely on better understanding the differences between the complementary but distinct aesthetics of wabi 侘 and sabi 寂 in Japanese tea culture, with particular attention to understanding ​the concept of ​sabi through specific visual examples.

The series "Masterworks of Japanese Tea Tradition" is presented in conjunction with the Nikkei National Museum and Cultural Centre. All lectures are presented by Maiko Behr of SaBi Tea Arts. 

Above image: Ashiya iron kettle with hailstone pattern, shinnari type. Muromachi period, 15th century. The Gotoh Museum, Tokyo.
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Masterworks of Japanese Tea Tradition: Part 1

9/8/2020

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Raised from the Ashes: The Tsukumo nasu Tea Caddy

Thursday, September 10, 7 pm
online via Zoom (with recordings available for limited time following live sessions)
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The first session of our series will trace the miraculous stories of the survival and transmission of a small palm-sized ceramic jar made in China that would become one of the most famed and coveted objects owned by generations of Japan's most powerful feudal lords. The evolution of this piece and those like it and how they were used as tea containers will serve as the introduction to our exploration of wabi as one of the defining aesthetics of Japanese tea culture and even of Japanese artistic taste as a whole.

Historically classified as an "Ōmeibutsu" (Great Famous Object), the tea caddy known as "Tsukumo nasu" dates to 13th-14th century Southern Song or Yuan-dynasty China. It is currently in the collection of the Seikado Bunko Art Museum in Tokyo.
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    SaBi Tea Arts is managed by Maiko Behr, a translator specializing in Japanese arts and certified instructor of Chanoyu (Japanese tea ceremony) in the Omotesenke tradition. 
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