An Introduction to Chanoyu: Japanese Tea Culture

Since its emergence in the sixteenth century, chanoyu has been one of the main contexts for the production, circulation, and display of Japanese art forms such as ceramics, lacquerware and bamboo work. It was also the main forum for matcha consumption until the recent global matcha boom. This webinar will offer an introduction to chanoyu (or “Japanese tea ceremony”), including both historical developments and contemporary practice, to provide a meaningful overview of what many regard as the quintessence of Japanese culture.

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This event is a part of YCAPS' "Getting to Know Japan Series".

Speaker:

Dr. Rebecca Corbett is a historian and practitioner of chanoyu based in Los Angeles. She received her PhD from the University of Sydney (2009), was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Stanford University (2013-2015), and is Japanese Studies Librarian and Associate Professor (Teaching) of History at the University of Southern California. Her book Cultivating Femininity: Women and Tea Culture in Edo and Meiji Japan (University of Hawai’i Press, 2018) analyses privately circulated and commercially published texts to show how chanoyu practice for women was understood, articulated, and promoted from the eighteenth through early twentieth centuries. Her current research explores the history of Western engagement with chanoyu and matcha in the Meiji period (1868-1912). She is also co-lead of the online project Teaching Tea for Japan Past & Present. She has been a student in the Urasenke School of Tea since 1999.

Format: This event will be recorded and published in our web archive. Questions are encouraged during the live event.

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Moderators: Amani Kidd and Jeffery Mazziotta

Webinar Cost: Free of charge