It was a hot summer. Even though the seasons change in Japan, after the sound of cicadas comes the sound of insects singing autumn songs, and the moon begins to shine high in the sky.
The season for Ippodo's annual "Moonlit Tea Ceremony Tea Ceremony Utensil Exhibition" has arrived.
The theme for this year's poetry gathering is "Dreams." It is also the imperial theme for next year's New Year poetry gathering. In Japan, dreams are associated with transience, like the "Butterfly Dream," while in America, dreams are associated with powerful hope, like the famous words of Martin Luther King, "I have a dream."
So, Sen no Rikyu and the tea of ​​the past It was a hot summer. Even though the four seasons in Japan change, after the cicadas, insects sing autumn songs, and the moon shines high in the sky.
The season for Ippodo's annual "Moonlit Tea Ceremony Tea Ceremony Utensil Exhibition" has arrived.
The theme for this year's poetry gathering is "Dreams." It is also the imperial theme for next year's New Year poetry gathering. In Japan, dreams are associated with transience, like the "Butterfly Dream," while in America, dreams are associated with powerful hope, like the famous words of Martin Luther King, "I have a dream."
So what dreams did Sen no Rikyu and other tea masters of the past have for the tea ceremony?
Urasenke Grand Master Hounsai has advocated for peace, preaching, "Peacefulness from a single bowl."
Tea ceremony, tea room, tea bowls, tea utensils... Come and find peace. What dreams did people have about the tea ceremony?
Urasenke Grand Master Hounsai has advocated for peace, preaching, "Peacefulness from a single bowl."
Tea ceremony, tea room, tea bowls, tea utensils... Come and find peace.


Exhibiting Artists
Akimasa Ikeda｜Yoshiya Izumida｜Tsuyoshi Imaizumi｜Kai Kaida｜Fujio Kawagishi｜Yuji Ushiro｜Naoki Sakai｜Katsumi Satake｜Sadaaki Sugimoto｜Morihisa Suzuki｜Taku Sudo｜Kensuke Takeoka｜Shion Tabata｜Yui Tsujimura｜Kai Tsujimura｜Shuji Nakagawa｜Tsuneo Nakazawa｜Kohei Nakamura｜Hideyuki Fujisawa｜Nobuyuki Furuya｜Tomoyuki Hoshino｜Morimitsu Hosokawa｜Hidemitsu Maejima｜Masahiro Maeda｜Toru Matsuzaki｜Ken Matsubara｜Teiko Minoura｜Jihei Murase｜Makoto Wakao｜Kenji Wakasugi｜Special exhibit: Shuhei Hasado