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Urszula Mach-Bryson
Art of the Orient
The presence of flowers in the architectural space of the Japanese tearoom H ana 花 means 'flower' in Japanese, cha 茶 -means 'tea' .From these two words, there arises the expression chabana 茶花, which can be translated into 'tea flowers' or 'flowers for tea' .Japanese Way of Tea 1) practitioners encounter chabana in the earliest stages of their training and very soon realize that: 1 .chabana is significantly different from ikebana 生花 -the Japanese art of flower arrangement -well-known worldwide, even if only superficially; 2 .chabana is by no means a simple matter .In this article, I would like to discuss the place and importance of the use of flowers in the practice of the Japanese Way of Tea, with focus on how this element is taught in the contemporary Urasenke tradition, and in doing so, share some of my personal experience .In contemporary chanoyu practice, there are two main settings when chabana is used: a chakai 茶会 -a tea gathering (sometimes for a few guests, sometimes for many) and a chaji 茶事 -a full tea gathering -lasting from three to six hours when the setting is intimate, the guests are given individual attention from the host, there is a meal, water is boiled on charcoal, and both thick and then light tea are served .On both occasions, 1) The Japanese art of tea, focused on keiko -a practice of tea procedures, that should further lead to the organisation of tea gatherings when the guests are served a bowl of matcha -powdered green tea .This art has many names .In this article I use the expression Way of Tea (based on the Japanese expression chadō or sadō -in use since the Edo period) interchangeably with chanoyu (verbatim 'hot water for tea' -an older and semantically wider expression) .
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Urszula Mach-Bryson. (2024). Hana iwaku – as the flowers tell. The presence of flowers in the architectural space of the Japanese tearoom. Art of the Orient. https://doi.org/10.15804/aoto202408
DOI: 10.15804/aoto202408
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