Fiesta barbecue over.
Quarantine Japanese now are left after many bows, the house is clean and giggle bloogers isolated house in the middle of rice fields, trying to work correctly for Muchijin Shikoku. With the sound of crickets in the summer it is like!
I returned to the table while the BBQ 2 young bleurgueurs bossent up in the poilade. But them's the big boys of the net, not me, I still see argl! I remind you
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To return to the House Lord of Pleasure, if you read the bloggo-report of Thierry I can hardly do better than Steve and you will find pictures NB very classes that make perfectly the atmosphere of concentration on time.
But anyway, here are a few things to know about the subject and our experience: The
tea ceremony in Japan, also called chanoyu ( ceremony ) , sadō ( tea ) , ou chadō ( tea ) est un rituel traditionnel influencé par Zen in which the tea green powder, matcha or ( 抹茶 ) is prepared ceremonial manner by an experienced practitioner and is served to a small group of guests in a calm which was our case.
Chanoyu (茶の湯, literally "hot water for tea") usually refers to the ceremony alone, whereas sado or chado (茶道, or "the way of tea") is the study or doctrine of tea ceremony. More specifically, the term Chaje (茶 事) refers to the tea ceremony complete with kaiseki (light lunch), the usucha (薄 茶 tea light ) and koicha (浓茶, strong tea ), lasting approximately four hours. This is exactly the time we spent in the house of eternal pleasure.
Because a practitioner of the ceremony Tea should be familiar with the production and types of tea, with kimono, calligraphy, ikebana, ceramics, incense and a wide range of other disciplines and traditional arts in addition to the practices taught tea in his school, the study of tea ceremony takes many years and often lasts a lifetime. Even to participate as a guest in a formal tea ceremony, an acquaintance of sado is required, including recommended actions, to say the sentences by the guests, the proper way to drink tea and general conduct to be adopted in room where tea is served.
Needless to say I had a bowl of not being kicked out of a sudden getta.
The tea ceremony was developed as a "practice of transformation" and began to evolve its own aesthetic. This is the case, especially, the wabi . Wabi (侘び signifies sophistication and calm) is characterized by humility, restraint, simplicity, naturalism, depth, imperfection and asymmetry that enhances the simplicity of objects through non-ornamented, architectural spaces and the celebration of beauty that time and attention given to materials.
Sen no Rikyu , probably the historical figure's most famous tea ceremony, introduced the concept of ichi-go ichi-e (一 期 一 会, literally "once a meeting "), a belief that each meeting should be regarded as a treasure that can never happen again. His teachings lead to the development of new forms of architecture and garden, arts and leads to complete development of sado . The principles which he passed - harmony (和 wa), respect (kei 敬 ), purity (sei 清), and tranquility (寂 Jaku ) - are still central to tea ceremony today.
The host, man or woman usually wears a kimono, while guests can wear kimono or formal dark clothing.
us, we were dressed in freshly Henro-san (pilgrims) plus for me my traditional banana. We
waited in a sheltered garden until we summoned the landlady.
But we had our patronesses who not only were there to guide us in the ritual but also (discussed later) to complete the formation of our hostess. We ritually cleansed by washing hands and rinsing the mouth by a stone basin.
We then headed for the " tokonoma , or alcove, where we admired the paintings and parchments. Then we sat in seiza or cross-legged on the tatami for cozy Gaudins land in the West (I do not include Thierry whose training in kendo enables this kind of perf '), normally in order of prestige. Once the boss was Steve, the fayot, all because he speaks each Ponais no doubt!
tea houses and tea rooms are generally small. The typical size of the ground is about 4 and a half tatami mats. Building materials and decorations are deliberately simple and rustic, low light without the dark.
A light lunch and simple, called kaiseki (懐 石) or "chakaiseki" (茶 懐 石) and yet delicious and refined, was served.
Monitoring drunk with sake cups flat like in the movies of samurai, class! I must confess that I prefer in this long tea ceremony's sake LOL!
Well then we will revert to the "garden of waiting" until you're covered again called by the hostess.
We eat so little treats.
treats are eaten up by using a special paper called kaishi (懐 纸), normally each guest brings his own, often decorated with a small portfolio. But, I had that packaging of chewing gum, Banana PWNED.
Each utensil - including the tea bowl (chawan ), whip ( chasen ) and tea scoop ( chashaku ) - is ritually cleaned in the presence of guests in a certain order and using gestures very precise.
utensils are placed in the exact order of storage in accordance with the ritual that follows. Each item placed on the tatami is made with an amazing sense of composition in space. Me, it's simple, it goes directly to my brain and my eyes are stinging!
When the ritual cleaning and preparation of the utensils is complete, the host will place a measured amount of green tea powder in the bowl and add the appropriate amount of hot water, then whipped tea using movements predefined. Super nice!
The conversation is kept to a minimum. Haha good normally but then had to explain ...
It relaxes and we appreciate the atmosphere created by the sounds of water and fire, the smell of incense and tea, the beauty and simplicity of the house tea and seasonal decorations appropriate. And the touching grace of our hostess in kimono because even if their youth fled with their remaining sinjinarenai, incroyab '!
The bowl is then served to the guests of honor ( 初 客 , shokyaku , literally the "first guest" ) by the young hostess. Kowtow with very specific hand positions are exchanged between the host and the guest of honor. The guest Steve then bends to the second guest, Thierry, and raises the bowl in a gesture of respect for the hostess saying "osakini. The guest rotates the bowl to avoid drinking on his front , drinks a sip, murmurs a predetermined sentence, like WTF, then takes two or three new sips before wiping the rim, rotating the bowl in its original position and passes it to the next guest while bowing. This procedure is repeated until all guests have taken tea from the same bowl. A bit like the ceremony of the joint among tribes hippies.
The bowl is then handed over to the hostess. In some ceremonies, each guest drinks from an individual bowl, but the order in which tea is served and drunk is the same.
is strong tea, koicha , which was served almost pasty, very dark green, sweet and very long finish. After the hostess prepares a tea light or usucha , which is served in the same way.
Once the guests have all drunk the tea, the host cleans the utensils. The guest asks the host to allow guests to review and take turns utensils, guests admire and examine each object, including the water scoop, the tea caddy, the tea scoop , the tea whisk, and, most importantly, the tea bowl.
objects are treated with extreme caution and reverence because they are often priceless, irreplaceable antiques handmade, and guests often use a cloth to keep them special. Ours for a few hundred years, it was not the time to drop it like a dinner of idiots, but I almost do not.
The hostess then retrieves the utensils and the guests leave the tea house.
Then the two assitante / hostesses / sensei out too.
Then finally the hostess came to greet us and the ceremony ends.
We had a little bonus at the request of Thierry, who fervently practice chanoyu the land of foie gras, we had access to holy of holies, the "kitchen" where the ceremony is prepared.
Four hours had passed since our arrival!
It emerges dazed.
Struck by the beauty of the sequence of gestures and actions in the total concentration, respect and care for others with great kindness and the feeling of living a unique and magical.
Time Slip, a real journey through time!
I sanpai three prostrations to the House of Pleasure Lord and his guests!
Then, late in the afternoon, Osaki san has Emene dasn the workshop of a calligrapher, Hirase san.
70 years, all his teeth and a peach of hell, we got to try us to the magic of brush ink and paper company that atypical Marugame calligrapher, who built his studio in a former restaurant wooden architecture and bizarre exhibits regularly in Europe. Someone who
also based on an old tradition but whose strong personality led him to some classical rules for transgressing a strong voice.
Unfortunately I had no battery, reported to work but trust me, there we were dealing with an entirely different approach to the Way.
With the tea ceremony, we have tasted the beauty rituals polished by generations of practitioners within a seemingly rigid but where creativity is expressed in the arrangement of multiple elements that comprise it.
Then, with visits to the punk calligrapher of 70 brooms, we enjoyed the wild beauty an artist with strong artistic personality based also on a practice also codified and ritualized but while overcoming some rules to create his own world.
At the risk of course screw up but that's the risk of eternal creation and ego hahaha!
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