Topic
rikyu
6 pieces.
01 
Sen no Rikyū (1522–1591): The Man Who Defined Tea How a Sakai merchant's son codified wabi-cha — the grass-hut room, the crawl-through door, the raku bowl — and why Hideyoshi ordered his death. 02 
The Seven Rules of Rikyū Rikyū's seven rules of tea read like a caterer's checklist — make good tea, lay the charcoal, arrange flowers as in the field. Doing them is the hard part. 03 
Wa-Kei-Sei-Jaku: The Four Principles of Tea Harmony, respect, purity, tranquility — the four principles at the heart of chadō, what each asks of host and guest, and why jaku is a result. 04 
Warrior Tea: Hideyoshi, Rikyū & the Samurai Way of Chanoyu How Nobunaga and Hideyoshi made tea an instrument of rule, the gold tea room set against Rikyū's two-mat hut, and the forced seppuku of 1591. 05 
The Chashitsu: Inside the Japanese Tea Room How the wabi tea room works as architecture: two-to-four-mat scale, raw clay and bamboo, the crawl-through nijiriguchi, and Tai-an, Rikyū's only surviving room. 06 
The Roji: The Dewy Garden Path to Tea The roji is the garden path to the tea room: stepping stones that slow the feet, a middle gate, and a low basin that makes each guest crouch and rinse first.
Sen no Rikyū (1522–1591): The Man Who Defined Tea How a Sakai merchant's son codified wabi-cha — the grass-hut room, the crawl-through door, the raku bowl — and why Hideyoshi ordered his death. 02 The Seven Rules of Rikyū Rikyū's seven rules of tea read like a caterer's checklist — make good tea, lay the charcoal, arrange flowers as in the field. Doing them is the hard part. 03 Wa-Kei-Sei-Jaku: The Four Principles of Tea Harmony, respect, purity, tranquility — the four principles at the heart of chadō, what each asks of host and guest, and why jaku is a result. 04 Warrior Tea: Hideyoshi, Rikyū & the Samurai Way of Chanoyu How Nobunaga and Hideyoshi made tea an instrument of rule, the gold tea room set against Rikyū's two-mat hut, and the forced seppuku of 1591. 05 The Chashitsu: Inside the Japanese Tea Room How the wabi tea room works as architecture: two-to-four-mat scale, raw clay and bamboo, the crawl-through nijiriguchi, and Tai-an, Rikyū's only surviving room. 06 The Roji: The Dewy Garden Path to Tea The roji is the garden path to the tea room: stepping stones that slow the feet, a middle gate, and a low basin that makes each guest crouch and rinse first.