Tea utensils Tools of tea ceremony

These days, Japanese matcha is consumed in many countries.
900 years ago, matcha was a very valuable commodity in Japan and was consumed as medicine. The tea ceremony using matcha was established by a wealthy merchant in Osaka in the Middle Ages. As time went on, tea ceremonies began to be enjoyed not only by nobles, samurai, and merchants, but also by ordinary people.
In addition to being a way to simply relax and enjoy drinking tea, the tea ceremony has also played an important role as a place to learn about other aspects of Japanese culture, such as the art of incense, waka poetry, flower arrangement, calligraphy, Noh theater, Japanese literature, and Zen philosophy.
Even today, it is common to wear a kimono when invited to a tea ceremony. You don't have to wear a kimono if you don't want to, but I recommend that you wear clean clothes and change into clean socks before entering the tea room.
This is because the host thoroughly and meticulously cleans the tea room in preparation for his guests, starting early that morning.
I have been learning the tea ceremony for about seven years, and I am amazed at how functional and beautiful the tools used are.
In the tea ceremony, reflecting the change of seasons in tea utensils is the same as the patterns on kimonos. It can truly be said that these are an expression of the Japanese sense of aesthetics.
I sincerely hope to share them with the world on our site.