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Painted seated portrait of tea master Sen no Rikyū

Sen no Rikyū

Sen no Rikyū was a sixteenth-century tea master whose wabi-cha practice reshaped Japanese tea rooms, utensils, hospitality, and cultural memory.

Host in a kimono serving matcha during a Japanese tea gathering

Japanese Tea Ceremony

The Japanese tea ceremony is a family of practices that joins matcha preparation, hospitality, architecture, utensils, and seasonal attention.