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AsiaAlive Artist Richard Milgrim
Richard Milgrim (AsiaAlive resident artist December 2005) is one of the senior members of the community of Western potters established in Japan. He began working there on his second trip in 1979 while on a Watson Fellowship Grant and spent five years apprenticing with master potters in Kyoto , Hagi, Bizen, and Mino. He created his own studio-kiln in 1984-85 in the hills northwest of Kyoto. The workshop received the distinctive honor of being named "RICHADO-GAMA" by the 15th generation Grand Master of the Urasenke Tea Tradition, Dr. Sen Genshitsu (a.k.a. Hounsai Daisosho), Milgrim's mentor since 1979, who continues to endorse his works today.
www.teaceramics.com
Local Resources on the Japanese Tea Ceremony
Tea Gardens & Teahouses
Asian Art Museum
Offers bimonthly tea demonstrations.
200 Larkin St, San Francisco, CA 94102
415-581-3500
www.asianart.org
Green Gulch Farm
1601 Shoreline Hwy, Sausalito, CA 94965
415-383-3134
www.sfzc.org/ggfindex.htm
Hakone Gardens
Presents an annual tea event with various traditions (Daichakai) each autumn.
21000 Big Basin Way, Saratoga CA 95070
408 741-4994
www.hakone.com
Nichi Bei Kai Cultural Center
Will perform tea ceremonies on request for a fee.
1759 Sutter Street, San Francisco, CA
415-751-9676
Urasenke Foundation San Francisco
Offers a regular schedule of public events and instruction.
2143 Powell St, San Francisco, CA 94133
415-433-6553
www.urasenke.org
Tea Teachers & Schools
Dai Nippon Chado Gakkai (Shozo Sato)
PO Box 2356, Fort Bragg, CA 95437
707-964-2842
Omotesenke Domonkai
eikomouri@aol.com can help you find an Omotesenke style teacher.
Urasenke Foundation
See above
Urasenke San Francisco Association
Can help you find a teacher.
teatimes@chanoyu.com
www.chanoyu.com
Yabunouchi School
Shomen-sagaru, Nishinotoin, Shimokyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan
Tel: +81-75-371-3317
Sources for Tea, Utensils & Japanese Sweets
Asian Art Museum Store
See above.
Asakichi Japanese Antiques
Sells tea and utensils.
1730 Geary Blvd San Francisco, CA 94115 (Kinokuniya Building in Japantown)
415-921-2147
www.asakichi.com
Benkyodo Coffee Shop
Sells Japanese sweets.
1747 Buchanan, San Francisco, CA
415-922-1244
Matcha and More
Sells tea and utensils
www.matchaandmore.com
Pacific Leaf Co
Sells tea.
PO Box 158, Laytonville, CA 95454
707-972-0372
www.pacificleaf.com
Tea Circle
Sells tea and utensils and sponsors educational events.
www.tea-circle.com
Shifuku Tea Co
Sells tea and utensils.
Kintetsu Mall, Japantown
415-922-5505
Books and Videos on the Japanese Tea Ceremony and Related Arts
Asian Art Museum Education Department, "Arts of Edo Japan" (2000). Educator Slide Packet offering an examination of the Edo period (1615–1868), focusing on the flourishing arts of the period, inlcuding the tea ceremony.
"Chanoyu Quarterly, Tea and the Arts of Japan," Gretchen Mittwer, ed. Urasenke Foundation, Kyoto, Japan.
Hirota, Dennis, The Wind in the Pines: Classic Writings of the Way of Tea as a Buddhist Path. Fremont, CA: Asian Humanities Press, 1995.
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