Tag Archives: tea ceremony

Fun Link Friday: Muscleman Tea Party

Posted on January 15, 2021 by Paula

Instagram and other social media outlets are rife with beautiful displays of innovative Japanese tea ceremony sweets, with confectionery specialists playing off of traditional aesthetics and contemporary holidays. But did you ever think you’d be enjoying incredibly buff, jiggling sweets … Continue reading →

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Fun Link Friday: Tea-making Robot

Posted on March 30, 2018 by Paula

Although I try to keep our Fun Link Fridays in English so that they’re accessible to readers of all levels, I can’t resist this hilarious tea-making robot, which appeared yesterday in Yahoo! Japan news. Identified as Sadō Robo 151A, this … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Gathering for Tea in Modern Japan

Posted on April 9, 2017 by Travis

Gathering for Tea in Modern Japan: Class, Culture and Consumption in the Meiji Period Taka Oshikiri From Bloomsbury Publishing: By examining chanoyu – the custom of consuming matcha tea – in the Meiji period, Gathering for Tea in Modern Japan … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: “Ocha Zanmai”お茶三昧: 2016 San Francisco International Conference on Chanoyu and Tea Cultures

Posted on August 25, 2015 by Paula

Call for Papers Date:  May 1, 2016 Location:  California, United States Who: All are invited to apply, including (but not limited to) scholars, students, artists, museum curators, tea practitioners, and tea manufacturers. What: Any subject matter related to the Japanese … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Chigusa and the Art of Tea

Posted on October 26, 2014 by LM

Via University of Washington Press. LOUISE ALLISON CORT AND ANDREW M. WATSKY $40.00T PAPERBACK (9780934686259) hardcover not available PUBLISHED: May 2014 SUBJECT LISTING: Asian Art, Asian Studies BIBLIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION: 208 pp., 160 illus., 60 in color, 9 x 11 in. … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Making Tea, Making Japan: Cultural Nationalism in Practice

Posted on March 10, 2013 by Paula

By Kristin Surak “Elegantly written and extraordinarily argued.” –John A. Hall, James McGill Professor of Comparative Historical Sociology, McGill University “This is the tea book for which we have been waiting.  Surak introduces the embodied practice of making tea, but … Continue reading →

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