Golden Tea Room
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The Golden Tea Room was a portable gilded chashitsu constructed during the late 16th century Azuchi–Momoyama period for the Japanese regent Lord Toyotomi Hideyoshi's tea ceremonies. The original Golde
Golden Tea Room, in the MOA Museum of Art, Atami
Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the patron of the room
Reconstructed Golden Tea Room in Fushimi Castle
Replicated golden tea vessels of the room (Kyoto City Archaeological Museum)
Japanese tea ceremony
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The Japanese tea ceremony is a cultural activity known as sadō/chadō or chanoyu. The ceremony focuses on the presentation and serving of matcha, powdered green tea; this procedure is called temae. Muc
Master Sen no Rikyū, who codified the way of tea (painting by Hasegawa Tōhaku)
An open tea house serving matcha (ippuku issen (一服一銭), right) and a peddler selling extracts (senjimono-uri (煎じ物売) left), illustration from Shichiju-ichiban shokunin utaawase (七十一番職人歌合), Muromachi period; Ippuku issen's monk clothing depicts the relationship between matcha culture, tea offerings, and Buddhism.
One of the earliest surviving images of the formal serving of tea. Here, monkeys, who were sacred to the shrine, imitate humans in a poetry competition that lasts all night. The monkeys try to stay awake by drinking strong green tea, but some have fallen asleep.
Jo-an chashitsu (National Treasure)