Kampai! Sake + Tea
Quench your summer thirst with our sake and tea extravaganza! Savor a sake tasting and multi-media presentation by Kirsten Shilakes, art history lecturer with an expertise in the visual history of the culinary arts; sip, learn, and chat with Miwa Wang, sake sommelier and manager of True Sake, about the nuanced tastes and bouquets of sake; discover a Japanese tea ceremony showcasing matcha, a powdered green tea and namesake of our program; whisk your own matcha; dip into a talk on tea ceremony and warrior culture; stroll the galleries; relax with friends, a sake-tini, and music spun by Mezuki.
See LORDS OF THE SAMURAI in its opening week. This special exhibition of gorgeous artworks—from fierce armor to delicate tea wares—reveals a softer, unknown side to these legendary warriors.
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Schedule
5 - 9
TEA TASTINGS* — Samsung Hall, Second Floor
SAKE TASTING* — Ground Floor
MAKE A TEA BOWL Art Activity — Ground Floor
MEZUKI (DJ) — Ground Floor
CASH BARS — Ground Floor, Second Floor
6 - 8
TEA CEREMONY DEMONSTRATION — Japanese Tea Room, Second Floor
6:30 - 7 & 8:30 - 9
DOCENT CONVERSATIONS: Lords of the Samurai
7
SAKE + SAMURAI
Talk by Kirsten Shilakes — Ground Floor
8
DOCENT CONVERSATIONS: Japanese Ceramics
Japan Galleries, Second Floor
*Museum tea programs supported by Ito En.
All tastings are first-come-first served, while supplies last.
Featured Artwork
Sake bottle and food box set (sageju) in the shape of an eggplant (4 parts)
By Hosokawa Sansai (aka Tadaoki, 1563-1646)
Lacquered wood; Japan, Edo period (1615-1868);
Eisei-Bunko Museum
Featured in Lords of the Samurai, this picnic set combines an eggplant-shaped sake flask, a food container, and a sake cup in the shape of an eggplant leaf, attached to the bottle stopper. Warriors were expected to be highly cultured men, but the ability to craete such a complex and charmingly proportioned piece as this was very unusual. It would have required great patience and talent—which appear to have come naturally to the brilliant warrior Hosokawa Sansai.
Related Event
FOR MORE ART AND SAKE, DON'T MISS:
Raising Spirits
Thursday, June 25
7-8:30 pm
$20 members, $30 non-members
Tickets available online.
Price includes four premium sake tastings and snacks prepared by Yuzu
Raising Spirits is dynamic fusion of art, food and wine produced by author, art history lecturer and sake enthusiast Kirsten Shilakes. Join us in this ninety-minute, upbeat, multimedia and multi-sensory exploration of the museum's permanent collection through carefully synchronized tales of art and wine. San Francisco's swank and top-notch sushi bar, Yuzu, will provide the nosh. Sake sommelier and manager of True Sake, Miwa Wang, will introduce and evaluate an incredible line-up of four premium sakes for you to try. You'll leave Raising Spirits an art and sake samurai!
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