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Video Content

Ro and Furo Kakufukudate

Presentation of Kakufukudate
Parts I and II (open content)

Iemoto gives details on Kakufukudate, and presents how to practice Kakufukudate in the Furo season in part I, and the Ro season in part II.

Uploaded in June and July, 2020

Iemoto message

Video Messages from Iemoto
(member content)

New content uploaded on May 19th, 2022

At this time of social restrictions and limitations on gathering with others, Iemoto Sen Soshitsu has decided to reach out by producing a series of video messages to Urasenke Tankokai chapter and overseas association members as a source of support and guidance.

Original airdates: April 1st, 2020 – February 10th, 2022

Printed Materials

Urasenke Chado Study Resources in English

Tankosha Publishing Co. Publications

Urasenke Tea Procedure Guidebook 1
  Introductory Level (April 2017)

Urasenke Tea Procedure Guidebook 2
  Usucha Tea Procedure (April 2018)

Urasenke Tea Procedure Guidebook 3
  Koicha Tea Procedure (April 2019)

Soshitsu Sen XVI

These Urasenke tea-procedure guidebooks, designed as a correlative, successively advancing set, are the English-language versions of the first three volumes in the all-color Urasenke Chado Temae Kyosoku series in Japanese by Iemoto Zabosai, Soshitsu Sen XVI. Replete with step-by-step photos and detailed guidance, they are meant to serve as learning aids for Urasenke chanoyu students. Urasenke instructors will also find them to be valuable resources.
Guidebook 1, the initial “building block” volume, first introduces the Urasenke family lineage, and then gives a simple explanation of the personal items which are needed for practicing chanoyu. The book’s main content covers mannerly deportment in the tea room, tea-making fundamentals, the versatile and simplest procedure for making and serving usucha, called Bonryaku temae, as well as a variant of it, the Chitose-bon temae. General information is provided about the preparations in the mizuya. The section on knowledge for guests contains photos and directions on using the tsukubai stone wash-basin, entering the tea room, and partaking of the confections and usucha.
Guidebook 2, which builds upon the material in Guidebook 1, covers the basic procedure for making and serving usucha either using a furo (brazier) or a ro (open hearth built in the floor). It also includes some fundamental information about these two forms of tea-room installations for heating the kettle for the tea. The section on knowledge for guests covers how to go after and return items, how to conduct haiken (close inspection) of the natsume and chashaku, and how to take the confections when they consist in both a bowl of omogashi and tray of higashi.
Guidebook 3, completing this three-volume set of official Urasenke tea-procedure guidebooks in English, covers the basic procedure for making and serving koicha either using a furo or a ro The yohosabaki koicha-specific procedure for handling the fukusa is carefully explained, as are the differences in both the host and guests’ procedures when the tea bowl is or isn’t Raku ware. The section on knowledge for guests describes the techniques involved in partaking of koicha, conducting haiken, and how to partake of confections served in a fuchidaka.


ISBN978-4-473-04178-4 (Guidebook 1)
ISBN978-4-473-04247-7 (Guidebook 2)
ISBN978-4-473-04290-3 (Guidebook 3)
B5 size, softbound, all color
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Urasenke Chado Textbook

With opening messages by Genshitsu Sen and Iemoto Soshitsu Sen XVI

This book, a companion book for the Urasenke Tea Procedure Guidebook 1 and 2 introduced above, provides the English reader with comprehensive information for understanding the Urasenke Chado Tradition. It is based on the Japanese textbook entitled Urasenke Chado, which was edited by the Gakko Chado Textbook Editorial Committee and published by the Urasenke Foundation, Kyoto, in April 2004.

The translation work to create this English edition was a voluntary endeavor of nearly three hundred members of the Urasenke International Association (UIA), as a project commemorating the 25th anniversary of the association in 2011. Previously, for the association’s 20th anniversary, the association members produced the translations for A Chanoyu Vocabulary: Practical Terms for the Way of Tea.

The textbook is organized into five parts: “The Significance of Chado,” “The History of Chado,” “The Setting and Implements,” “The Significance of the Temae,” and “Reference Information.” It includes an abundance of helpful margin notes and illustrations, and there is an index at the back for ease of use.


Tankosha Publishing Co., Ltd.
Publication date: February 13, 2011
A5 Softbound, 232 pages. All color illustrations.
ISBN9788-4-473-03696-4
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A CHANOYU VOCABULARY:
Practical Terms for the Way of Tea

With foreword by Genshitsu Sen (Soshitsu Sen XV)

A long-awaited Japanese-English chanoyu vocabulary, offering easy-to-understand explanations of 1,642 terms cutting across a broad range of subjects. This book, the only book in English of its kind, comprises an English translation of selected and edited entries from the approximately 3,000 terms appearing in Tankosha’s Jitsuyo Chadoyogo Jiten (1993; fifth printing, February 2002), with helpful appendices and illustrations.

People of the global community, whether involved particularly in the practice of chanoyu or generally in the study of Japanese traditional arts and culture, should find this authoritative volume a rare and valuable resource.


ISBN 978-4-473-03398-7
A5 size, softbound, 280 pages
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Chanoyu Quarterly: Tea and the Arts of Japan

A semi-scholarly journal featuring articles on various facets of the Way of Tea and Japanese traditional culture. Eighty-eight issues published between 1970 and 1999.

Many of the early issues are not available anymore (marked “out-of-print” in the Nos. 1-88 Tables of Contents list), and the remaining stock of others is very low in some cases. Issue no. 88 contains a comprehensive glossary-index of the contents of all the previous issues.

For ordering information on Urasenke Foundation Publications, contact the Urasenke International Affairs Department.

Locations Outside Japan

The first Urasenke chapter outside Japan was established in Hawaii in 1951. After that, chapters and study groups, now known as Tankokai associations, were founded in many major cities around the world. To serve as a direct conduit leading from the grand master and Urasenke headquarters to the respective region, Urasenke Foundation branches and liaison offices, at which official Urasenke resident representatives are stationed, have also been established. This page is designed to guide you to the nearest Chado Urasenke Tankokai association and/or Urasenke Foundation regional office in your region. For Chado Urasenke Tankokai associations with no web link, please contact the Urasenke Tankokai Federation International Affairs Department for assistance.

Contact

Urasenke Branches & Liaison Offices

Contact the branch nearest you to connect with Urasenke Tankokai Associations and tea-related events in your area.

North America
North America Head Office, New York
Urasenke New York Branch
Urasenke Chanoyu Center
153 East 69th Street
New York, NY 10021
U.S.A.
Tel: 212-988-6161
Fax: 212-517-7594
Email: info@urasenkenewyork.org
WEB: http://www.urasenkenewyork.org/
Canada
Urasenke Vancouver Branch
209 Jackson Street
Coquitlam, British Columbia
CANADA V3K 4C1
Tel: 604-939-7749
Email: krsnyder@shaw.ca
United States
California
Urasenke San Francisco Branch
2143 Powell Street
San Francisco, CA 94133
U.S.A.
Tel: 415-433-6553
Fax: 415-421-2109
Email: contact@urasenke.org
Web: http://www.urasenke.org/
Hawaii
Urasenke Hawaii Branch
245 Saratoga Road
Honolulu, HI 96815
U.S.A.
Tel: 808-923-1057
Fax: 808-923-3784
Email: urasenke.hi@gmail.com
Washington D.C.
Urasenke Washington D.C. Office
Central and South America
Brazil
Urasenke Brazil Branch
Rua Sao Joaquim
381-4° Andar, Sala 44
Liberdade, Sao Paulo
Brazil CEP 01508-001
Tel/Fax: 11-3271-9159
Email: ura.s.haya@gmail.com
Web: http://www.chadourasenke.org.br/
Mexico
Urasenke Mexico Branch
01900
Fuego 691
Col. Jardines del Pedregal
Mexico D.F., MEXICO
Tel: 5-5652-5725
Fax: 5-5652-6386
Email: mexico@urasenke.or.jp
Europe
France
Urasenke Paris Branch
Fondation Urasenke
55 Rue Geoffroy-St-Hilaire
Paris 75005
France
Tel/Fax: (0)14-70-71-830
Email: paris@urasenke.or.jp
Germany
Urasenke Freiburg Liaison Office
Mooswaldstr. 5
79279 Vorstetten
Germany
www.teeseminar.de
Tel: 7666-88-46-440
Fax: 7666-88-46-442
Email: mail@teesiminar.de
Web: http://www.teeseminar.de
Italy
Urasenke Rome Branch
Centro Urasenke
Via Giovanni Nicotera 29
Rome 00195
Italy
Tel/Fax: 06-320-7361
Email: centrourasenke@gmail.com
The Netherlands
Urasenke Netherlands Liaison Office
Tolakkerweg 38
3739 JN Hollandsche Rading
The Netherlands
Tel: 035-577-1559
Email: urasenke@wish.net
Web: http://www.urasenke.nl/english.php
The United Kingdom
Urasenke London Branch
4 Langton Way
Blackheath, London SE3 7TL
England
Tel: 20-8853-2595
Fax: 20-4665-3874
Email: ukchado@gmail.com
Web: http://www.urasenke.co.uk/index.html
Oceania
Australia
Urasenke Brisbane Liaison Office
23 Ruskin Street
Taringa
Brisbane, Queensland 4068
Australia
Tel/Fax: 7-3371-8242
Email: akikoyamada@optusnet.com.au
Asia
China
Beijing
Urasenke Beijing Branch
Room 507, Office Building, Guangming Hotel
No. 42, Liangmaqiao Road
Chaoyang District, Beijing
CHINA 100125
Tel/Fax: 10-8441-8439
Email: beijing@urasenke.or.jp
WeChat Official Account: liqianjia-beijing (Chinese)
Dalian
Urasenke Dalian Branch
Building B-3-2 #401
Yi Da New World, Wusi Road
Xigang District, Dalian 116011
China
Tel/Fax: 411-8369-3800
Email: dalian@urasenke.or.jp
Guangzhou
Urasenke Guangzhou Branch
Guangdong University of Foreign Studies
Email: guangzhou@urasenke.or.jp
Tianjin
Urasenke Tianjin Branch
Tianjin University of Commerce
East Entrance of Jimba Road
Northern Suburbs of Tianjin
China 300134
Tel: 22-2666-2470
Fax: 22-2665-3281
Email: tianjin@urasenke.or.jp
Korea
Urasenke Seoul Branch
Hae-Young Building
7th Floor, Room 702
53 Yulgok-ro, Jungno-Gu
Seoul, Korea 110-240
Tel: 2-739-7438
Fax: 2-733-9596
Email: urasenkesel@gmail.com

Urasenke Tankokai Associations

North America
Canada
British Columbia

Vancouver Association

Victoria Association

Nova Scotia

Halifax Association

Ontario

Toronto Association

Quebec

Montreal Association

Quebec Association

United States
Washington, D.C.
Alabama

Birmingham Association

Arizona

Arizona Association

California

California Capital (Sacramento) Association

California Wa-ki (Sacramento) Association

Los Angeles Association

Monterey Association

Orange County Association

Placer Association

San Diego Association

San Francisco Association

Florida

South Florida Association

Georgia

Atlanta Association

Hawaii

Hawaii (Honolulu) Association

Hilo Association

Kauai Association

Kona Association

Maui Association

Illinois

Chicago Association

Urbana-Champaign Association

Indiana

Indiana Association

Kansas

Kansas Association

Massachusetts
Michigan

Michigan Association

Minnesota

Minnesota (Yukimakai) Association

New Mexico
New York

Urasenke Tea Ceremony Society, Inc.

Oregon

Portland Association

Portland Wakai Association

Pennsylvania
Texas

Dallas-Fort Worth Association

Houston Association

Washington
Central and South America
Argentina

Argentina Association

Brazil

Brazil Association

Mexico

Mexico Association

Peru

Peru Association

Europe
Eastern Europe
Bulgaria

Bulgaria Association

Czech Republic
Hungary
Poland

Krakow Senshin Association

Warsaw Sunshin Association

Romania

Romania Association

Romania-Luminis Association

Russian Federation

Moscow Association

Northern Europe
Finland
Norway

Norway Association

Sweden
United Kingdom

United Kingdom Association

Southern Europe
Italy

Rome Association

Milano Association

Slovenia

Slovenia Association

Spain

Spain Association

Western Europe
Austria
Belgium
France
Germany
Switzerland

Geneva Association

Zurich Association

Oceania
Australia

Cowra Association

Melbourne Association

Sydney Association

New Caledonia

New Caledonia Association

New Zealand

New Zealand Association

Asia
China

Beijing Dokokai

Dalian Dokokai

Guangzhou Dokokai

Hong Kong Association

Shanghai Dokokai

Tianjin Dokokai

Shanghai Wakeikai

Indonesia

Indonesia Association

Korea

Busan Association

Seoul Association

Philippines

Manila Association

Singapore

Singapore Association

Taiwan

Beitou Association

Taichung Association

Taipei Association

Thailand

Bangkok Association

Vietnam

Hanoi Interest Group

Africa
Egypt

Egypt Association