Sunday, November 26, 2006

"Japanese Tea Ceremony" and kimono

Cha-no-yu is is "Japanese Tea Ceremony" for me as for someone who love tea a lot ( especially green tea) this is especially delicious part of Japanese tradition.Evidently, this aspect of Japanese ritual is intersecting with tradition of Kimono.( see This image ) Ritual of Tea Ceremony and tradition of kimono are sides of the same archetype: traditional Japanese aesthetics.
Acording to Takeya Yamasaki director of Cha-no-yu International.( The Japan Times Online)

"'Wearing the kimono teaches the value of tradition. Even modern young girls when they wear kimono begin to behave decorously. We have four principles of harmony, respect, purity and tranquillity. Since I have been practicing for years, even when I was furious at a negotiating table I could produce harmony. The tea ceremony teaches us in an innocent and compact way how to live our lives.'"