NEW! Master of Tea: Gen Iwasaki,
The Japanese art of recognizing beauty in broken things
What makes a tea bowl a Chawan? 30 minute Youtube video
The Story of A Tea Room Construction 15 minute Youtube video.
Mastering the art of partaking in a tea ceremony
Not our cup of tea: How we’re already ruining matcha
Japanese Designers and Tea Houses
A new spirit for tea traditions
Ten members of the 10 craft-producing families for Senke seek exotic inspirations
NHK Begin Japanology – The Fragrances of Japan a video about incense and incense ceremony
For Quiet Contemplation, A Little Brown Jug, Chigusa and the Art of Tea in Japan
An Evening with Tea Master Sen So’oku & Hiroshi Sugimoto: From Sen Rikyu to Marcel Duchamp about an hour long youtube video
Kanazawa City: the architecture of tea
Tea ceremony still a respite from a fast-paced world
Japanese Tea Ritual Turned 15th Century ‘Tupperware’ Into Art
Burned, pressed, polished–‘sumi’ ink sticks from Nara evoke beauty of bygone Japan
Chawan: Simply, some of the hardest works of pottery to create
Hand-Crafted Kimonos: Japan’s Wearable Masterpieces
Waking Up My Life Through Chado
Revolution in a Kettle: The Way of Tea
Re-discovering The Tea Ceremony
Twilight for the Kimono article at the Washington Post
The Japanese Tea Ceremony: Tea for All Nations by Brother Joseph Keenan, Ph.D., FSC
At 80, Long a Teacher of the Philosophy of Tea, Hisashi Yamada
Sen So-oku: A Tea Ceremony for Today
“No Time for Tea” radio interview about 10 min. By Jennifer Lawton
The Epic of Tea, Tea Ceremony as the Mythological Journey of the Hero
Koho Tatsumura: Nishiki Weaving for the 21st Century
What a Japanese Tea Ceremony Taught Me About Steve Jobs
Master Carpenter Inspects Japanese Tea House
Pouring the Heart into a Bowl, the Japanese Way of Tea as Practiced in Modern Day LA
Tea Master Offers a Glimpse Into a Ritual That’s Steeped in Tradition
More Articles can be found on the SweetPersimmon Blog.
For more in-depth reading I recommend the books on the reading list.
