Chanoyu Quarterly Reading List

Very interested

  • Purity and Purification in the Nampo Roku
    • Has a description of Momite and why it’s done
  • Sen Rikyu’s Tea Utensils
    • Has a list of some of Rikyu’s preferred dougu. Would be really cool to go through.
  • The I-ching and Chanoyu
  • The Microcosmic Space Created by Sen Rikyu
    • I hear this word on occasion. This would be neat.
  • Theorizing about the Origins of the Tokonoma
    • This just sounds awesome

Interested

  • Chadogu — Tea Utensils - Chaire (and the whole chadogu suite)
  • Okashi for Spring (and others)
  • Kekkai - The Aesthetics of Partitions
  • Meibutsu-gire - Famous Chanoyu Fabrics
  • Uta-mei - The Poetic Names of Tea Utensils
  • Utsushi - The Aesthetic of Imitation
  • Zenkiga - Expressing the Spirit of Zen
  • A Biography of Sen Rikyu - Chronological Chart of Major Historical and Tea Events Centering Around the Life of Sen Rikyu
  • A Brief History of Kimono
  • A History of Tatami
  • A Short History of Japanese Ceramics
  • Anecdotes about Sen Rikyu
  • Bizen-ware Ceramics
  • Chanoyu and the Imperial Court
  • Chanoyu in the Early Edo Period
  • [[D)](Christianity and Chanoyu (D|Christianity and Chanoyu (D)]])
  • Color Plates — Rikyu’s tearoom - the Taian at Myokian
  • Confluence of East and West - Okakura Kakuzo and Tea
  • Early History of the Teahouse—Part I (and others)
  • Early Kyoto Ceramics
  • Famous Sources of Water In and Around Kyoto
  • [[Daisosho)](Four and One-half Mats (Daisosho|Four and One-half Mats (Daisosho)]])
  • Four Elements of Tea
  • From 会席「かいせき」to 懐石「かいせき」- The Development of Formal Tea Cuisine
  • Furuta Oribe
  • Gengensai-period Ash Form Models
  • Historical Review of Chanoyu, part I (and others)
  • Humility in a Tea-cup - Isabella Stewart Gardner and Okakura Kakuzo
  • Iga Tea Ware
  • Introduction to Lacquer
  • [[D)](Just Sit and Have Tea (D|Just Sit and Have Tea (D)]])
  • Like the Flowers in the Field - Rikyu’s Flowers for Tea
  • Matsudaira Fumai - The Creation of a New World of Chanoyu
  • Matsudaira Fumai’s Ido Teabowls
  • Men of Power and Their Tea Masters
  • Men of Tea - An Evaluation of Yamanoue Soji, Part I (and others)
  • Museums and Tea Utensils
  • Old Kutani Ware - A Product of the Imari Kilns
  • One-Word Gates - Ro, Kan, Jaku, Kan
  • Patriarch Zen and the Koan - An Introduction to Zen Training
  • Philosophical Aspects of the Chashitsu
  • Presentation of Okashi
  • Rikyu and the Birth of the Nijiriguchi
  • Rikyu Gray - An Open-ended Aesthetic
  • Science of Tea (and others)
  • Scientific Taste - The U.S. Government Tea Examiner
  • Sen Rikyu and Taian
  • Sen Sotan
  • Sen Sotan and Yuin
  • Shinto Spirit in Haiku
  • Swords of the Tea Masters
  • Tang Dynasty Tea Utensils and Tea Culture - Recent Discoveries at Famen Temple
  • Tea and Kyoto Ceramics in the Late Edo Period
  • Tea and Liquor
  • Tea and Politics in Late-Sixteenth-Century Japan
  • Tea Sweets - A Historical Study
  • Teabowls - Part I (and others)
  • The Kizaemon Ido Tea-bowl
  • The Natsume Tea Caddy
  • The Alcove
  • The Beauty of Earthen Walls
  • The Beauty of Lacquerware
  • The Business of Tea-making in Uji
  • The Esthetics of Chanoyu, Part 1 (and others)
  • The Evolution of Tea Brand Names
  • The Grand Kitano Tea Gathering
  • The History and Variety of Hagi Ceramics
  • The History and Variety of Karatsu Ceramics
  • The History of Chanoyu in Early-Modern Japan
  • [[D)](The Implications of the Fukusa (D|The Implications of the Fukusa (D)]])
  • The Kizaemon Teabowl Reconsidered - The Making of a Masterpiece
  • The Korean Teabowl
  • The Practice of Tea 3, Memoranda of the Words of Rikyu, Namporoku Book 1 (potentially and others)
  • The Role of Anecdotes in the Transmission of Tea Traditions
  • The Roof-Tile Maker
  • The Sen Family Tradition of Chado
  • The Significance of the Nampo Roku
  • The Soul of Chashaku
  • Kao - Monogram Signatures in the World of Tea
  • The Styles and Roles of Kao in Tea
  • The Taste of Tea - Excerpts from the Chami
  • The Temmoku Teabowl
  • [[D)](The Three Sen Families (D|The Three Sen Families (D)]])
  • The Way of Tea and Buddhism
  • The Zen Tea Bowl
  • [[Daisosho)](Tradition and Adaptation (Daisosho|Tradition and Adaptation (Daisosho)]])
  • Uji Tea and its History
  • Urasenke Ash Forms
  • Wood and Bamboo
  • Zen and the Art of Tea
  • Zen and Japanese Gardens
  • Zen Monks and the Formation of the Way of Tea
  • Zen Priests and Their Concepts of Tea

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