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Arts of the Tokonoma lecture series

3/5/2022

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We are pleased to be presenting the Spring 2022 virtual lecture series Arts of the Tokonoma in conjunction with the Canadian Society for Asian Arts over three sessions in March, April, and May.
Please visit the Current Programs page or click on the image below for more details.

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Ocha Zanmai 7 reboot: Tea Culture in the Edo Period

5/8/2021

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image: "Chiyoda no ōoku: Chanoyu, mawaribana" by Toyohara Chikanobu (1838-1912), ōban triptych, 1895

7th Ocha Zanmai
San Francisco International Conference on Chanoyu and Tea Culture

Theme: Tea Culture in the Edo Period
ONLINE WEBINAR SERIES

Four Friday Evenings 
June 4, June 11, June 18, and June 25, 2021
6:30 pm Pacific Daylight Time, 9:30 pm Eastern Standard Time


第7回お茶三昧: 茶の湯と茶文化に関するサンフランシスコ国際会議
テーマ:江戸時代の茶文化

ウェブカンファレンス
2021年6月5日(土)、6月12日(土)、6月19日(土)、6月26日(土)
日本時間午前10時30分から

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Program

​​The official language of this conference is English.
Presentations in Japanese will be accompanied by optional English simultaneous interpretation.
Please note: Recordings of sessions will not be available after the event.

Friday June 4, 18:30-20:00 PDT
(日本時間6月5 日午前10時30分〜午後12時00分)
USD $15
Welcome Messages from the Co-hosts 主催者の挨拶:
Andrew Harris, Dean, College of Liberal & Creative Arts, San Francisco State University
Charles Egan, Chair, Department of Modern Languages, San Francisco State University

Lecture 1 (in English only)
Searching for the Spirit of the Sages: The Japanese Tea Ceremony for Sencha
by Patricia J. Graham
Research Associate, Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas
「賢⼈の精神を探ねて: ⽇本における煎茶道」 (英語のみ)
パトリシアJ.グラハム
カンザス大学東アジア研究所研究員

Lecture 2: Friday June 11 18:30-19:30 PDT
(in Japanese with optional simultaneous English interpretation)

(日本時間6月12 日午前10時30分〜午前11時30分)
USD $15
 Keen Eye, Cultivated Taste: the tea tradition and utensil collections of Lord Matsudaira Fumai
MIYATAKE Yoshiyuki
Joint Research Associate, Kyoto and Tea Culture Research Center, Doshisha University
「松平不昧公の茶の湯と茶道具 ─見極め、育てる─」(日本語)
宮武慶之
同志社大学京都と茶文化研究センター共同研究員
    
Lecture 3: Friday June 18 18:30-19:30 PDT
(in Japanese with optional simultaneous English interpretation)

(日本時間6月19 日午前10時30分〜午前11時30分)
USD $15
A New View of Kobori Enshū: exploring the concept of kirei sabi
FUKAYA Nobuko
Independent scholar, tea history
「新しい小堀遠州像 ─『綺麗さびの茶』とは?」(日本語)
深谷信子  
茶道史研究家   
    
Lecture 4: Friday June 18 19:45-20:15 PDT
(in Japanese with optional simultaneous English interpretation)

(日本時間6月19日午前11時45分〜午後12時15分)
USD $10
The Roji Tea Garden as presented in Nanpōroku: with attention to Tachibana Jitsuzan's interpretation of the sōan ‘grass hut’ tea house
SAKURAMOTO Kaori
Doctoral candidate, Waseda University, School of Graduate Studies
Research Fellow DC2, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
「『南方録』における「露地」―立花実山の「草庵」の解釈を手がかりとして―」(日本語)
櫻本⾹織
早稲田大学大学院博士後期課程・日本学術振興会特別研究員DC2

Lecture/Presentation 5: Friday June 25 18:30 – 20:30 PDT
(in Japanese with optional simultaneous English interpretation)

(日本時間6月26 日午前10時30分〜午後12時45分)
USD $25
Lecture:  Hosokawa Sansai: tea of the feudal daimyo
and first-ever Hosokawa Sansai School Demonstrations of tea preparation procedures
UMEMURA Naoko
Deputy Iemoto, Hosokawa Sansai School of Tea
講義 「細川三斎 〜大名の茶の湯〜」(日本語)
​と点前実演 (史上初めて公開)

梅村尚⼦ 
細川三斎流家元代理 
  
Advance registration is required for all sessions.
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Purchase separate tickets for individual sessions OR
attend all five sessions for the Special Discounted Rate of $65.
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Masterworks of Japanese Tea Tradition: Part 6

11/16/2020

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The Yaburebukuro Water Jar: 
Wabi in the Eyes of Furuta Oribe

live via Zoom on
Sunday, November 22, 1 pm

OR access recordings through a weblink afterward
single session $10 / six-session series $55 (CAD)
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Important Cultural Property
Iga ware fresh water jar, known as "Yaburebukuro"
Preferred by Furuta Oribe, early 17th century
The Gotoh Museum, Tokyo
The final lecture in the Masterworks of Japanese Tea Tradition lecture series will explore the aesthetics of daimyo tea master Furuta Oribe. Considered a bit of an eccentric in his time, Oribe is known for having taken the wabi teachings of his master Sen no Rikyu to further extremes. This session will highlight famous tea wares that are representative of Oribe's taste and will consider them against the wabi aesthetic of Rikyu that was discussed in the previous lectures.

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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. 

​Recordings of all sessions are currently available for viewing to registered participants until November 30th. Please contact us for more information. 
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Masterworks of Japanese Tea Tradition: Part 5

11/9/2020

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Embodying the Maker's Spirit:
​Appreciating Rikyū's "Namida" and Other Chashaku Tea Scoops

live via Zoom on
Thursday, November 12, 7 pm

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single session $10 / six-session series $55 (CAD)
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Bamboo tea scoop, known as "Namida," by Sen no Rikyu, 1591. Tokugawa Art Museum, Nagoya.
Following on the past two lectures, which explored the aesthetics of the late 16th-century tea master Sen no Rikyū through tea bowls and flower vessels for tea, part 5 of the Masterworks series will focus on the unassuming bamboo tea scoop. Arguably one of the most difficult tea utensils to appreciate fully, the chashaku tea scoop can be seen as embodying the spirit of the individual who made it. This lecture will examine the evolution of this humble utensil, culminating in what might be considered one of the most famous and most deeply revered examples, a bamboo scoop hand-carved by Rikyū just before his tragic death.

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. 
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Masterworks of Japanese Tea Tradition: Part 4

10/20/2020

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Sen no Rikyū's "Onjōji" and Flower Vessels for Wabi-style Tea

live via Zoom on
Sunday, October 18, 7 pm

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single session $10 / six-session series $55 (CAD)
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Bamboo flower vase, known as "Onjōji," made by Sen no Rikyū. Tokyo National Museum.
Part 4 of our lecture series will look at flower vases -- particularly those created by the 16th-century tea master Sen no Rikyu -- and their stories. Join us as we continue our exploration into tea aesthetics through great works of tea arts from the past. 

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. ​
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Masterworks of Japanese Tea Tradition: Part 3

10/7/2020

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Ōguro: Black Raku Ware and the Tea Aesthetics of Sen no Rikyū
live via Zoom on
Thursday, October 8, 7 pm

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single session $10 / six-session series $55 (CAD)
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Important Cultural Property. Raku ware tea bowl, known as "Ōguro" (Big Black), by Chōjirō. Private Collection.
In this third lecture of our series, we will look at the black Raku ware tea bowls preferred by the 16th-century tea master Sen no Rikyū and how they came to be seen as embodying the essence of Japanese "tea taste" ever since.

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. 
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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

OR access recordings through a weblink afterward
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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Online lecture series starts September 10

8/14/2020

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Hosted by the Nikkei National Museum and Cultural Centre 
September 10 & 20, October 8 & 18, November 12 & 22
​CAD$10 / session (+GST & fees)
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This virtual lecture series will explore the aesthetic of wabi, one of the defining characteristics of the major streams of Japanese tea tradition, from the vantage point of the material culture of tea in Japan. Each of the six 75-minute talks will focus on one famous tea object and the stories surrounding it as an entry point for thinking about the broader development of wabicha -- the humble style that is associated with the most common forms of tea practice in Japan today. Presented online via Zoom, these lectures will include slides and photographs providing context for the topic of the day and will be followed by a question-and-answer period.
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Thursday, Sept. 10, 7:00-8:30 pm
Ceramic tea caddy known as "Tsukumo nasu" 


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Sunday, Sept. 20, 1:00-2:30 pm
Iron kettle of the Shinnari type with hailstone pattern used by Sen no Rikyū


Thursday, Oct. 8, 7:00-8:30 pm
Raku ware tea bowl by Chōjirō
known as "Ōguro" 


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Sunday, Oct. 18, 1:00-2:30 pm
Bamboo flower vase by Sen no Rikyū
known as "Onjōji" 



​Thursday, Nov. 12, 7:00-8:30 pm 
Bamboo tea scoop by Sen no Rikyū
known as "Namida" 


Sunday, Nov. 22, 1:00-2:30 pm
Iga ware water jar preferred by Furuta Oribe
known as "Yaburebukuro" 

This series is intended for anyone interested in traditional Japanese arts, aesthetics, ceramics, history, visual culture, and more. All sessions are held in English only. No prior knowledge of tea ceremony is necessary.

Participation in the live session requires use of Zoom. Don't have Zoom? Can't attend live? Registrants will also receive access to recordings of the sessions viewable on a web browser.

For more information, please feel free to contact us through our contact page at the link below.
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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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