aRTICLES, SOCIAL LINKS, BOOKS
General Articles, Online
Chanoyu Glossary
shibuiswords.com/jaanuschanoma.htmGeneral information about the Japanese Tea Ceremony
www.shibuiswords.com/japantea.htmDescription of a Tea Ceremony Chaji - a full presentation including a meal.
Chanoyu Decoded is a living database with new materials added on the 28th of every month. Explore the world of Chanoyu through the images, writings, and recordings in the portfolio of Professor Allan Sōsei Palmer www.chanoyudecoded.com
All sorts of information and pictures on chanoyu
japanese-tea-ceremony.net/Wabi-sabi Tea Aesthetic
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wabi-sabi
nobleharbor.com/tea/chado/WhatIsWabi-Sabi.htmChado Blog by Marjorie Yap
sweetpersimmon1.blogspot.com/Passage to Peace: Exploring Tea Ceremony Today (YouTube video)
youtube.com/watch?v=HGr9BGIB6Ys
Books — Study Guides, History, Philosophy
A complete list of Urasenke Chado Study Resources in English is at Urasenke. The best to begin with are:
Urasenke Tea Procedure, Sen, Soshitsu (2017). Tankosha Publishing, English translation ISBN978-4-473-04178-4, by Gretchen Mittwer and Michael Hardy. A series of three guidebooks include step-by-step photos and descriptions of the basic procedures for host and guests:
Guidebook 1: Introductory Level: fundamentals of host & guest roles, and the first two procedures, Bonryaku and Chitosebon.
Guidebook 2: Usucha Tea Procedure: includes both furo (brazier) and ro (sunken hearth) versions; more details of the guest role.
Guidebook 3: Koicha Procedure: includes both furo (brazier) and ro (sunken hearth) versions; more details of the guest role.
Sen Genshitsu & Sen Soshitsu (Supervising Eds.) (2011). Urasenke Chado Textbook. Japan: Tankosha Publishing.
Sen Soshitsu XV (Supervisor) (1993). Tea Etiquette for Guests: A Practical Guide for Chanoyu Study. Kyoto: Tankosha Publishing.
Urasenke International Association (Trs.) (2007) A Chanoyu Vocabulary. Japan: Tankosha Publishing.
Anderson, Jennifer L. (1991). An Introduction to Japanese Tea Ritual. State University of New York Press. (anthropological, spiritual aspects, a chaji in detail).
Castile, Rand (1971, 1979). The Way of Tea. NY: Weatherhill. (out of print)
Corbett, Rebecca (2018, paperback 2019). Cultivating Femininity: Women and Tea Cutlure in Edo and Meiji Japan. University of Hawai’i Press.
Gunji, Kimiko (2019). The Art of Wagashi: Recipes for Japanese Sweets that Delight the Palate and the Eyes. Urbana Illinois, University of Illinois Japan House.
Hayashiya, S., Hayashiya, T., Nakamura, M. (1980). Japanese Arts and the Tea Ceremony. New York: Weatherhill/Heibonsha.
Hamitzsch, Horst (1980). Zen in the Art of the Tea Ceremony. New York: St. Martin’s Press.
Hirota, Dennis (Ed.) (1995). Wind in the Pines: Classic Writings of the Way of Tea as a Buddhist Path. Fremont, CA: Asian Humanities Press.
Iguchi, Kaisen (2020) Rikyu’s Hundred Verses in Japanese and English, Tankosha Publishing Co., Ltd.
Monzaemon, Chikamatsu (1653 – 1725). Toshiko Mori (Editor). (2009) Stories From a Tearoom Window. Tuttle Publishing Co.
Mori, Barbara L. R. (1992). Americans Studying the Traditional Japanese Art of the Tea Ceremony: The Internationalizing of a Traditional Art. Mellen Research University Press.
Okakura, Kakuzo (1906, 1964, 1989, 1991). The Book of Tea. NY: Kodansha International. (the classic; first introduced tea to the West).
Plutschow, Herbert (2001). The Grand Tea Master: A Biography of Hounsai Soshitsu Sen XV. Trumbull, CT: Weatherhill.
Sadler, A. L. (1933, 1962, 1998). Cha-No-Yu: The Japanese Tea Ceremony. Rutland, Vermont: Charles E. Tuttle. (one of first Americans in Japan).
Sanmi, Sasaki. McCabe, S. & Satoko, I (Trs.) (2002). Chado: The Way of Tea, A Japanese Tea Master’s Almanac. Boston: Tuttle.
Sato, Shozo, (2017). Tea Ceremony: Explore the Unique Japanese Tradition of Sharing Tea, Asian Arts & Crafts for Creative Kids (ages 7-12). Tuttle Publishing . Includes steps for performing a Japanese tea ceremony.
Sen Soshitsu XV, (1979, 1990). Chado: The Japanese Way of Tea. NY: Weatherhill. (includes pictures of tearooms/gardens, utensils, & some procedures).
Sen Soshitsu XV (ed.) (1988). Chanoyu: The Urasenke Tradition of Tea. NY: Weatherhill. (history, Urasenke masters, utensils, tearooms, tea gathering).
Sen Soshitsu XV (1998). The Japanese Way of Tea: From Its Origins in China to Sen Rikyu. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. (history)
Sen Soshitsu XV. (1979, 1991). Tea Life, Tea Mind. NY: Weatherhill.
Sen Soshitsu XV (1991). World Views of the Way of Tea: Urasenke Tankokai 50th Anniversary Commemorative Forum (Sen Soshitsu XV + speakers from China, France, Prague, USA, & Moscow). Kyoto: Insatsu Shiko Co.
Sen Tomiko (1988, 1994). An Almanac of Urasenke Seasonal Tea Sweets. Kyoto: Tankosha. (Beautiful pictures of sweets by our Grand Master’s late wife, who gave inspiring monthly lectures for us at Midorikai.)
Surak, Kristin (2013). Making Tea, Making Japan: Cultural Nationalism in Practice. Stanford University Press.
Suzuki, Daisetz T. (1970 reissue). Zen and Japanese Culture. Princeton University Press. (First published in 1938.)
Tanaka, Seno (1973, 1977). The Tea Ceremony. NY: Crown Publishers.
The Art of Chanoyu: The Urasenke Tradition of Tea (1986) (The March 7-30 exhibit at the Doizaki Gallery, Los Angeles). Kyoto: The Urasenke Foundation.
Varley, Paul (Ed.) and Kumakura Isao (1989). Tea in Japan: Essays on the History of Chanoyu. University of Hawai’i Press.
Wilson, William Scott. (2012). The One Taste of Truth: Zen and the Art of Drinking Tea. Shambhala Publications, Inc.
Yasunosuke & Yes Illustrated (3rd edition, 1937). Tea Cult of Japan — An Aesthetic Pastime. Tokyo: Board of Tourist Industry, Japanese Government Railways.
Yaeko, Nogami, translated by Mario Nichi LaFleur and Morgan Beard (2018). Hideyoshi and Rikyu. University of Hawai’i Press.