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The Way of Tea | Upcoming Tea Programs | Japanese Tearoom
There are many different traditions of tea practice, each with their own lineage of teachers and style. Visitors to the museum’s tea program may have the opportunity to learn from teachers and students trained in five of these different traditions—Dai Nippon Chado Gakkai, Mushanokojisenke, Omotesenke, Urasenke, and Yabunouchi. These practitioners follow many of the same steps in preparing tea. They differ in certain gestures and sometimes favor different utensils.
Visitors can experience the changing seasons, tastes, smells, sounds, and aesthetics of chanoyu—the Japanese way of tea—in special programs held in our Japanese Tearoom. For more information about the tea ceremony click here.
This program has been made possible in part by a grant from the United States-Japan Foundation. Tea programs also sponsored by
The Way of Tea Gathering hosted by Omotesenke Domonkai
Saturday, May 10
1:00 pm and 2:30 pm seatings, Tearoom, Japanese Galleries
$8 members, $20 general (includes museum admission)
Space limited. Tickets beginning April 10: online or Admissions Desk
Watch and learn about the Japanese "Way of Tea" as you are served your own tea sweet and bowl of whisked green tea. Space is limited, pre-registration advised.
The Way of Tea Gathering hosted by Urasenke San Francisco Association
Saturday, July 12
1:00 pm and 2:30 pm seatings, Tearoom, Japanese Galleries
$8 members, $20 general (includes museum admission)
Space limited. Tickets beginning June 12: online or Admissions Desk
Watch and learn about the Japanese "Way of Tea" as you are served your own tea sweet and bowl of whisked green tea. Space is limited, pre-registration advised.
The Way of Tea Gathering hosted by Urasenke Foundation
Saturday, September 13
1:00 pm and 2:30 pm seatings, Tearoom, Japanese Galleries
$8 members, $20 general (includes museum admission)
Space limited. Tickets beginning August 13: online or Admissions Desk
Watch and learn about the Japanese "Way of Tea" as you are served your own tea sweet and bowl of whisked green tea. Space is limited, pre-registration advised.
The Way of Tea Gathering hosted by Urasenke San Francisco Association
Saturday, November 8
1:00 pm and 2:30 pm seatings, Tearoom, Japanese Galleries
$8 members, $20 general (includes museum admission)
Space limited. Tickets beginning October 8: online or Admissions Desk
Watch and learn about the Japanese "Way of Tea" as you are served your own tea sweet and bowl of whisked green tea. Space is limited, pre-registration advised.
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Location:
In the Japan Galleries, 2nd Floor, South Wing.
Background:
The Japan Galleries of the new Asian Art Museum have space devoted to two major art forms: the Tearoom and the bamboo basket. This space includes a fully functioning example of a traditional Tearoom custom built for the new museum. The Tearoom and related items allow the museum to offer educational programs focusing on the time-honored Japanese tea ceremony. An introduction to chanoyu—the Japanese way of tea—is held bi-monthly in the Tearoom.
Tearoom Architect:
Architect Osamu Sato designed the Asian Art Museum's Tearoom. Mr. Sato, who has worked in the United States with the firm of Pei, Cobb, Freed, designed a similar Tearoom for I.M. Pei's Miho Museum in Shigaraki, near Kyoto, Japan, which opened four years ago.
Tearoom Construction:
The Tearoom was constructed in Kyoto by the distinguished firm, Nakamura Sotoji, long famous for refined traditional Japanese architecture built by specially trained carpenters and artisans. The components of the Tearoom were precut by Nakamura Yoshiaki, a highly skilled carpenter in Japan. The Tearoom was deconstructed and shipped to San Francisco where four carpenters from Kyoto reconstructed it in the museum under the supervision of Mr. Sato.
Tearoom Design:
The Asian Art Museum's Tearoom was designed as a functioning Tearoom, as well as a display case. It is a size called sanjo-daime or three and three-quarters mats, which will accommodate a tea host and three to four guests. It is complete with a tokonoma, or special alcove for the display of hanging scrolls, flowers or objects, an electric-powered well for a hot water kettle, and a functioning mizuya, or kitchen, for the preparation of the tea ceremony. The Tearoom incorporates a variety of woods, bamboo, and reeds. Its three interior ceiling levels display three different ceiling treatments. The Tearoom has a sliding glass front that secures the space as a display case, but can open fully when in use for live tea demonstrations.
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