Topic
urasenke
3 pieces.
01
The Fukusa: The Silk Cloth and Its Folding The host's silk cloth in chanoyu: its real size and weight, the fukusa-sabaki folding sequence, and what the colour convention can be sourced to. 02
The Three Schools: Omotesenke, Urasenke & Mushakōjisenke The san-Senke — Omotesenke, Urasenke, Mushakōjisenke — descend from Rikyū's grandson Sōtan's sons, not Rikyū directly. What sets the three houses apart. 03
Wa-Kei-Sei-Jaku: The Four Principles of Tea Harmony, respect, purity, tranquility — the four principles at the heart of chadō, what each asks of host and guest, and why jaku is a result.