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The Japanese tea ceremony (known as sadō/chadō (茶道, 'The Way of Tea') or chanoyu (茶の湯)) is a Japanese cultural activity involving the ceremonial preparation and presentation of matcha (抹茶), powdered green tea, the procedure of which is called temae (点前). [1]
Tea culture. A Japanese woman performs a Japanese Tea Ceremony (sadō/chadō, 茶道) Merchant’s Wife at Tea (Boris Kustodiev, 1918) is a portrayal of Russian Tea Culture. Tea culture is how tea is made and consumed, how people interact with tea, and the aesthetics surrounding tea drinking. Tea plays an important role in some countries.
Tea with its utensils for daily consumption Tea plantation in Shizuoka Prefecture. Tea (茶, cha) is an important part of Japanese culture.It first appeared in the Nara period (710–794), introduced to the archipelago by ambassadors returning from China, but its real development came later, from the end of the 12th century, when its consumption spread to Zen temples, also following China's ...
History of tea in Japan. Workers harvesting tea from a Japanese plantation in the late 19th century. The history of tea in Japan began as early as the 8th century, when the first known references were made in Japanese records. Tea became a drink of the religious classes in Japan when Japanese priests and envoys sent to China to learn about its ...
Chashitsu (茶室, "tea room") in Japanese tradition is an architectural space designed to be used for tea ceremony (chanoyu) gatherings. [1] The architectural style that developed for chashitsu is referred to as the sukiya style (sukiya-zukuri), and the term sukiya (数奇屋) may be used as a synonym for chashitsu. [2]
A tea tray with elements of an afternoon tea. English afternoon tea (or simply afternoon tea) is a British tradition that involves enjoying a light meal of tea, sandwiches, scones, and cakes in the mid-afternoon, typically between 3:30 and 5 pm. It originated in the 1840s as a way for the upper class to bridge the gap between lunch and a late ...
Appearance. hide. Ryukyuan tea ceremony is a tea ceremony popular in the Ryukyu Islands (the Amami Islands in Kagoshima Prefecture and the Okinawa Prefecture, Japan). Ryukyuan tea ceremony is influenced by both Chinese tea ceremony and Japanese tea ceremony. Based on the unique taste of tea drinking, the unique tea culture of the Ryukyu Islands ...
Zui-Ki-Tei (瑞暉 亭, "The House of the Promising Light/Home of the Auspicious Light") is a free standing Japanese tea ceremony house (from now on, chashitsu) that can be found in the park outside of the Museum of Ethnography (Etnografiska museet) in Stockholm, Sweden. It was built in Japan before being shipped to Sweden and erected in the ...