Topic
wabi-cha
2 pieces.
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Murata Jukō & Takeno Jōō: Tea Before Rikyū Rikyū did not invent wabi-cha; he finished it. Jukō turned tea toward plain native wares, Jōō brought the poet's ear, and much of the Jukō legend is late. 02
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.