Jo-an
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Jo-an is a seventeenth-century Japanese teahouse located in Inuyama, Aichi Prefecture. Jo-an is said to be one of the three finest teahouses in Japan and has been in its current location in Inuyama si
Jo-an tea house dating to the 17th century, a National Treasure of Japan
Latticed bamboo window
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
Jo-an
…two and a half tatami mats, a daime (three quarter tatami mat), and a toko. The building has a shake roof and a nijiriguchi ('crawling-in entrance'). Japanese tea ceremony List of National Treasures of Japan (residences…
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.