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The history of tea drinking
The home of tea, The
history of tea in China, The
great age of ocean navigation, Tea
in modern society
About tea
Tea in China, Tea
in Europe, Tea in central
Asia
The production and effect of tea
The tea plant, Tea
production, The effect
of tea

History of chanoyu
Introduction of tea into Japan, Tea
as medicine, The popularization
of tea drinking, The
establishment of wabi-style tea, Tea
under the shoguns, The
formation of schools of chanoyu, Chanoyu
becomes a light accomplishment, Chanoyu
in the Meiji Period, The
chanoyu of sukisha, Chanoyu
in the modern age
Portraits of tea devotees
Murata Shuko, Takeno
Joo, Furuta Oribe and
Kobori Enshu, Matsudaira
Fumai and Ii Naosuke
Chanoyu and Japanese culture
Wabi and Sabi, Chanoyu
and chasuki, Chanoyu
and the classical arts, Chanoyu
and religion, Chanoyu
and folk customs

The life of Rikyu
Rikyu in his youth, Rikyu
and Nobunaga, Hideyoshi, The
golden age of the way of tea (sado), Rikyu's
later years
Rikyu's chanoyu
Rikyu's tea utensils-from selection
to creation, Rikyu's
word-the concept of 'wabi', Rikyu's
tea gatherings-the expression of beauty and spirit
Rikyu's tradition-the history of
Omotesenke
Rikyu's successors and the revival
of the Sen family, Employment
by the Tokugawa family of Kii Province, The
separation of the three Sen families, The
renaissance of chanoyu, Chanoyu
of modern times and today-the decline and revival of sado

Traditional houses and the tea room
Living with nature, Buildings
and gardens, The origin
of the tatami room, Kyoma
tatami, Displaying objects
in the zashiki, En (Verandah)-connecting
house and garden, The
tea room, The perfection
of the soan tea room, The
special characteristics of a soan-style tea room, The
tea room and the tea garden, Hiroma (Large
tea rooms) and koma (Small tea rooms)
Techniques and materials
Giving form to chanoyu, Marutazukuri (Using
logs in the tea room), Making
the most of bamboo, Clay
walls, A solid structure
Omotesenke's tea rooms and gardens
The Juraku residence, The
restoration of the Sen family residence, Sotan's
one-and-a-half mat Fushin'an tea room, Koshin's
Fushin'an, Omotesenke
before the Great Fire of 1788, After
the Great Fire of Tenmei,-The structure of the tea garden up to the
present day, From the
Nakakuguri gateway to the Zangetsutei tea room, Fushin'an
and the inner tea garden, The
Shichijo tea room, Sodo (Founder's
Hall), The Hogobari
tea room, The new practice
room (Keikoba), The appearance
of the Omotesenke

Etiquette and practice
Gentle behavior, Drinking
tea, About practice
Holding a tea gathering
Preparation for a tea gathering, About
tea gatherings, Chanoyu's
almanac
The progress of a tea event
About tea events, The
day of the tea event-in the yoritsuki (anteroom), The
first half of the tea event-greeting the guests, the first charcoal
procedure, kaiseki cuisine, sweets, The
second half of the tea event-the middle break, thick tea, the second
charcoal procedure, thin tea, leaving the tea room, Flowers
for the tea room, Tea
cuisine, Tea sweets

The merits of utensils
Works of art and tea utensils (appreciation
and use), Co-ordinating
utensils in the tea room, Colour,
form and name, Tea gathering
records, Utensil box
inscriptions, Utensils
handed down
The world of utensils
Chinese, Korean and Japanese utensils, Famous
utensils (meibutsu), Shin-gyo-so (formal
semi-formal, informal) ranking of utensils
'Mitate' (utensils originally used
for another purpose) and 'Konomimono' (utensils designed by the Iemoto)
'Mitate', 'Konomimono', Senke's
ten designated craftsmen families


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