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  • Ueda Sōko Ryū
    • Characteristics
    • History
    • Ueda Sōko
    • Furuta Oribe
    • Wafūdō Hiroshima
    • Wafūdō Map
    • Heritage Tea Equipage
    • 16th Grandmaster Ueda Sōkei
    • Successive Generations of the Ueda Family
  • Library
    • Practical Wisdom
      • Matcha
      • Chabana・Flowers
      • Chaire
      • Shifuku
      • 100 Poems of Chanoyu
      • Kanewari
      • Rikoku・Incense
      • Family Crests
      • Kaō: signatures・ tags
      • Chatsubo・Tea Jar
      • The Fame: 'Meibutsu'
      • Fukuro-dana
    • Basic chanoyu information
      • What's Involved in Chanoyu (tea ceremony)?
      • Matcha Drinking Etiquette
      • Aesthetic balance
      • Equipment for Chanoyu
      • Items guests take to a tea gathering
      • What host and guest take into the tearoom
      • Chashitsu - tea room
      • Mizuya - host's preparation room
      • Attitude Towards Practice
    • Zen phrases used at tea gatherings
      • A Cup of Tea
      • No hot, no cold
      • Presence of mind
      • Some higher, some lower
      • One Goes
      • Walking beside the stream
      • In a peaceful dwelling
      • Embracing all
      • A pure bead
      • Vast emptiness
      • Determined Heart
      • Are You Awake?
      • One Drop of Water
    • Essays / Lectures / Research
      • Samurai Tea & Hiroshima Culture - The Spirit & Mondernity
      • Chajin Genealogy
      • Chanoyu of the Warrior Class
    • Aesthetics & Philosophy
      • The Letter of the Heart
      • Marking 'hareh' days and 'keh' days
      • Beginner's Mind
      • Shibui
      • The moon manifests in clear water, as wisdom’s light manifests in zazen
      • Spring spreads evenly through mountains and valleys
      • Schiller and Chanoyu
  • Chashaku Poetics
    • Metaphorical mei
    • Historical mei
    • Seasonal mei
    • Playful mei
    • Poem mei
    • Mei examples
  • Translation Project
    • FAQs
  • Media
  • Events
    • 2019
    • 2018
  • Shachū
    • Introductory Manual
    • Order of Practice
    • 28 Items for Training - 14 'Heaven' Items
    • 28 Items for Training - 14 'Earth' Items
    • The Five Advanced Training Items
    • The Five Hidden Teachings for Direct Transmission 奥伝五ヶ条
      • First Sōden - Satsūbako
    • Wafūdō & Sōden
    • Shared Keiko
    • Group Keiko
    • Conference Keiko
    • Shachū Chinwag
    • Reading List / Articles / Templates
    • Scrapbook
      • Aesthetics & Philosophy
      • Poetry
      • Women & Chanoyu
      • Music with 'Tea'
      • Images with 'Tea'
      • Video with 'Tea'
      • Qi Exercises for Tea
      • Sissy that Keiko
      • Links
    • Mizuya
    • Warigeiko
      • Fukusa
      • Chakin
      • Chasen
      • Cha
      • Kaishi
      • Hishaku
      • Chaire & shifuku
      • Incense
      • Sumi
    • Tea Meditations
    • Bondemae
    • Hirademae
    • Hirademae Order of Practice
    • Sumidemae
    • Koicha
    • Chaji Etiquette
    • Fundamental actions
    • Room-entering Etiquette
    • Practical Wisdom for Guests
    • Practical Wisdom for Hosts
    • Chashitsu Configurations & Temae Adaptions
    • Tana
    • Charcoal-laying Ceremony・Sumi-demae
    • Table Temae・Ryurei
    • Writing - Invitations/Envelopes
    • Kaiseki
    • Chaji Variations
    • The Three Guiding Principles
    • Flowers for Tea - Chabana
    • Chabako
    • Kencha 献茶
    • New page
    • New page
  • Store
    • Tea
      • Origin of the Sun
      • House Matcha
      • Pine of the Summit
      • Time-honoured Friend
      • Midnight Sun
      • Dawn Moon
      • Tochū caffeine free
      • Kagoshima Kabusecha
      • Genmaicha
    • Tools
    • Shifuku
    • Merch
  • Blog
    • Reading & Research
    • Teaching Materials
    • Chanoyu Translation
    • Keiko
    • Events
    • Podcast
    • Site Updates
  • Contact
  1. Library
  2. Aesthetics & Philosophy
The Letter of the Heart
Marking 'hareh' days and 'keh' days
Beginner's Mind
Zen phrases used at tea gatherings
Shibui
The moon manifests in clear water
Spring spreads evenly through mountains and valleys
Schiller and Chanoyu

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