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Kogetsu Enshu School of Zen Tea Ceremony (壺月遠州流禅茶道, Kogetsu Enshu Zen Saso Chado) is one of schools of Japanese tea ceremony.
It is a school that follows the Enshu style of samurai tea ceremony( Buke Sado,Buke chado), originally founded by the renowned early Edo-period tea master Kobori Enshu. Emphasizing the principle of chazen ichimi — “the unity of Zen and tea” — this school integrates the spiritual discipline of Zen with the refined aesthetics and martial ethos of samurai tea culture.
Currently based in the Shonan area of Kanagawa Prefecture, it holds tea ceremony classes in Yokohama, Tokyo, Chiba, Shizuoka in Japan and other locations.[1][2]
Kanko Aoyagi studied under Komiyama Munemasa, an advisor of the Enshu school of tea ceremony. Based on the guidance of his spiritual teacher, Kaigyoku Watanabe, Kanko branched off from the Enshu school, and Aoyagi attempted to reform the way of tea ceremony and established a school that emphasizes the spiritual training aspect of tea ceremony. Among the samurai tea ceremonies, Kogetsu Enshu is a school that particularly emphasizes simplicity and the use of the body that is common to martial arts.
The first Oriental Nobel Prize winner in literature, the Indian poet Tagore, studied tea ceremony under Kanko in July 1921 (Taisho 10) when he was a lecturer (tea ceremony) at Santiniketan University in Bolpur, Bengal, India.
Kaigyoku called himself "Kogetsu Taiyo," so Kanko named the school "Kogetsu Enshu tea ceremony."[4]
Headmasters (iemoto)
[edit]| generation | name | religious pseudonym | comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st（honorary) | 壺月諦誉
(Kogetsu) |
渡辺海旭（Kaigyoku） | 1872-1933 | The third principal of School Shiba
3rd Principal of Shiba Gakuen; Professor at Taisho University and Toyo University |
| 2nd | 六字庵理貫（Rikan） | 青柳貫孝（Kankou） | 1894-1983 | Hongo, Head Priest of Chosenji Temple, Head Priest of Nanyoji Temple, Founder of Saipan Home Economics School for Girls |
| 三世 | 六字庵如光
(Nyokou) |
中村名聞（Myoumon） | 1946-2005 | Opening of Tentozan Butsumoji Temple |
| 四世 （当代） |
六字庵如栴（Nyosen） | 中村應信(Ousin) | 1973- | Chairman of the Kogetsu Enshu School of Zen Tea Ceremony |
External kink
[edit]・Kogetsu Enshu official Facebook [[:Category:Chado]] [[:Category:Zen]] [[:Category:Enshu]]
- ^ "[Kamakura Event Report] Flow-an Tea × Art × Kamakura".
- ^ "Yokohama SUP cherry blossom viewing Japanese tea ceremoni experience".
- ^ Samurai and Teaism: The Teachings of a Tea Master of the Kogetsu Enshu Zen School of Teaism.
- ^ Nakamura, Nyosen (November 22, 2024). Samurai and Teaism: The Teachings of a Tea Master of the Kogetsu Enshu Zen School of Teaism [Samurai and Teaism: The Teachings of a Tea Master of the Kogetsu Enshu Zen School of Teaism] (in English and Japanese) (2nd ed.). Enkyoji Publications. ISBN 979-8301457395.
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