"The art of Chanoyu involves a kind of mixing and matching of personal and traditional elements, a combination in which a host's cultivation and discrimination are expressed"
With the Utensils, one of the more natural beauties of the ceremonies, everything comes naturally and the same settings with never be repeated. Japanese tea bowls and tea wares tend to look natural and unrefined, often having the imprint of the molders hands that is said to express part of the makers soul through his creation. When making tea wares, it was hard to predict what you would get, many tea wares started out as utilitarian vessels for farmers. Tea wares come in a variety from sleek dark Chinese bowls, to rough non- glazed Shigaraki jars, to brilliantly painted and decorated containers. These objects are meant to be appreciated through use, they are not worth anything if it is sitting behind a glass. Men and women use sweet picks, a fan, cloth, tea purse and more to bring to the ceremony, but they only bring what they need. The objects in the Tokonoma must be appropriate to the season and the occasion and the tea utensils always show Rikyu's simplistic preferences.
Here are the utensils and objects used in The Japanese Tea Ceremonies:
Chawan- A Japanese Tea Bowl.
Raku- Low fire and rough textured red or black bowls, each are unique and different.
Chaire- A Chawan, or tea bowl used for thick tea.
Natsume- A Chawan for the thin tea taken normally in the summer.
Kakemono- A hanging scroll, or Jiku. This is the most valued item of the tea ceremony.
Hanaire- A flower container.
Hishaku- A ladle used during the ceremonies.
Mizusashi- Fresh water container.
Tea whisk- A Chasen, or single piece of bamboo, split into around 80-120 strips or strands. The strips of bamboo are used to move the powder tea to the water. This the most blatant way to show the host's personality- usually these bamboo strips are made by the host and of course, no two are alike.
Tea scoop- A Chashaku, or single strip of bamboo, this used to place the powdered matcha into the chawan.
Types of tea and Procedures:
Koicha temae- thick tea procedure.
Usucha temae- thin tea procedure.
With the Wares, there are different types of glazes and how the object is pottered, and what its meaning is:
Raku- Lightweight glazed wares molded by hand rather than the potters wheel, it requires a high level of skill, and puts more emphasis on the role of the creator of the tea vessel.
Oribe- Warped or seemingly flawed wares. But it is glazed in eye catching colors, molded into iconoclastic forms, very easily recognizable too.
Shino- Identifiable by the milky white glaze applied to the surface of the ware, first type of Japanese pottery that pictures were drawn onto, it coincides with Wabi sensibility.
Here are the utensils and objects used in The Japanese Tea Ceremonies:
Chawan- A Japanese Tea Bowl.
Raku- Low fire and rough textured red or black bowls, each are unique and different.
Chaire- A Chawan, or tea bowl used for thick tea.
Natsume- A Chawan for the thin tea taken normally in the summer.
Kakemono- A hanging scroll, or Jiku. This is the most valued item of the tea ceremony.
Hanaire- A flower container.
Hishaku- A ladle used during the ceremonies.
Mizusashi- Fresh water container.
Tea whisk- A Chasen, or single piece of bamboo, split into around 80-120 strips or strands. The strips of bamboo are used to move the powder tea to the water. This the most blatant way to show the host's personality- usually these bamboo strips are made by the host and of course, no two are alike.
Tea scoop- A Chashaku, or single strip of bamboo, this used to place the powdered matcha into the chawan.
Types of tea and Procedures:
Koicha temae- thick tea procedure.
Usucha temae- thin tea procedure.
With the Wares, there are different types of glazes and how the object is pottered, and what its meaning is:
Raku- Lightweight glazed wares molded by hand rather than the potters wheel, it requires a high level of skill, and puts more emphasis on the role of the creator of the tea vessel.
Oribe- Warped or seemingly flawed wares. But it is glazed in eye catching colors, molded into iconoclastic forms, very easily recognizable too.
Shino- Identifiable by the milky white glaze applied to the surface of the ware, first type of Japanese pottery that pictures were drawn onto, it coincides with Wabi sensibility.
Photo URLs for the gallery in order.
-http://community.ceramicartsdaily.org/uploads/gallery/album_439/med_gallery_8261_439_94212.jpg
-http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/93/Tea_bowl_with_designs_of_pine_boughs_and_interlocking_circles,_unknown_Raku_ware_workshop,_Kyoto,_18th-19th_Cent,_Freer_Gallery_of_Art.jpg
-http://cameronjcampbell.name/Tier2/Chadogu/Chaire/Kyoei_Bizen_chaire.jpg
-http://www.trocadero.com/dragondance/items/321148/catphoto.jpg
-http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f7/Hanging_scroll_and_Ikebana_1.jpg
-http://www.marclancet.com/images/Hanaire_5.JPG
-http://www.herbs-teas.com/shop/images/Hishaku--bamboo-water-ladle-Japanese-Tea-Ceremony-Japanese-Style507-1805.jpg
-http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/images/hb/hb_29.100.614a,b.jpg
-http://www.readcereal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/whisk.jpg
-https://misterphotographer.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/tea_scoop.jpg
-http://community.ceramicartsdaily.org/uploads/gallery/album_439/med_gallery_8261_439_94212.jpg
-http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/93/Tea_bowl_with_designs_of_pine_boughs_and_interlocking_circles,_unknown_Raku_ware_workshop,_Kyoto,_18th-19th_Cent,_Freer_Gallery_of_Art.jpg
-http://cameronjcampbell.name/Tier2/Chadogu/Chaire/Kyoei_Bizen_chaire.jpg
-http://www.trocadero.com/dragondance/items/321148/catphoto.jpg
-http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f7/Hanging_scroll_and_Ikebana_1.jpg
-http://www.marclancet.com/images/Hanaire_5.JPG
-http://www.herbs-teas.com/shop/images/Hishaku--bamboo-water-ladle-Japanese-Tea-Ceremony-Japanese-Style507-1805.jpg
-http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/images/hb/hb_29.100.614a,b.jpg
-http://www.readcereal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/whisk.jpg
-https://misterphotographer.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/tea_scoop.jpg