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Adam Sōmu Wojciński
Ueda Sōko Ryū
Characteristics
History
Ueda Sōko
Furuta Oribe
Wafūdō
Wafūdō Map
Heritage Tea Equipage
16th Grandmaster Ueda Sōkei
Successive Generations of the Ueda Family
Family Crests
Media
Resources
Some notes
Matcha
Chabana
100 Poems of Chanoyu
The Fame: 'Meibutsu'
Basic chanoyu information
What's Involved in Chanoyu (tea ceremony)?
Drinking Etiquette
Attitude Towards Practice
The Letter of the Heart
Zengo
No hot, no cold
A Cup of Tea
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
Chashaku Poetics
Early Spring
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Mid Summer
Late Summer
Early Autumn
Mid-Autumn
Late Autumn
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Zen Words
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Shachū
New Videos
Warigeiko
Fundamental actions
Chasen
Fukusa
Chakin
Cha
Kaishi
Hishaku
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Mizutsugi
Mizuya
Introductory Manual
Order of Practice
Tea Meditations
Bondemae
Chabako
Hirademae
Hirademae Reading
Koicha
Sumi
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
Shachū Community
Shared Keiko
Group Keiko
Shachū Soapbox
Chinwag
Advancing
Chashitsu Configurations
Incense
Flowers for Tea - Chabana
Table Temae・Ryurei
Tana
The Three Guiding Principles
Sumidemae
Kencha 献茶
Chaji
Room-entering Etiquette
Practical Wisdom for Guests
Practical Wisdom for Hosts
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Okashi
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Learn
Instructors
Adam Sōmu Wojciński
Ueda Sōko Ryū
Characteristics
History
Ueda Sōko
Furuta Oribe
Wafūdō
Wafūdō Map
Heritage Tea Equipage
16th Grandmaster Ueda Sōkei
Successive Generations of the Ueda Family
Family Crests
Media
Resources
Some notes
Matcha
Chabana
100 Poems of Chanoyu
The Fame: 'Meibutsu'
Basic chanoyu information
What's Involved in Chanoyu (tea ceremony)?
Drinking Etiquette
Attitude Towards Practice
The Letter of the Heart
Zengo
No hot, no cold
A Cup of Tea
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
Chashaku Poetics
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01/22/2020 - Letter of the Heart
01/18/2020 - Lunar Wabicha 25 January 2020
01/12/2020 - Looking back: Sōmu Shachū 2019 Events
09/03/2019 - What a Tea Person Looks at in a Chawan - Part 1: Footring
06/21/2019 - Sōmu Shachū Solstice Events
03/20/2019 - Sōmu Shachū Equinox Events
02/05/2019 - Lunar Wabicha - one dawn, together.
02/01/2019 - Oribe's Chashitsu: Ennan 燕庵
01/31/2019 - Nampō Roku Sumi-biki pp15-27
01/30/2019 - The Fame: Meibutsu 名物
01/05/2019 - Lunar New Year Wabicha - 5th February 2019
01/01/2019 - ☆ HNY Bonne Année 謹賀新年 ☆
12/17/2018 - Thus Spake Mizuyathustra
12/13/2018 - Practical Wisdom Spruce-up
12/08/2018 - New 'Events' page
11/30/2018 - Oribe's 100 Lines of Chanoyu・Lines 1-80
11/19/2018 - Karamono Chaji - Hosted by Lauren
10/21/2018 - Oz Tea Retreat 2018
10/15/2018 - Enshū Ryū - TeaLife Audio Episode 94
10/10/2018 - Oribe's 100 Lines of Chanoyu・Lines 1-70
09/07/2018 - Breathing - TeaLife Audio ep. 92
09/02/2018 - Ueda-rjú česká Wiki・Ueda Ryū Czech Wiki・上田流チェコ語のウィキを発表
08/31/2018 - Question & Answer with Furuta Oribe - sections 14, 15 & 16
08/30/2018 - Oribe's 100 Lines of Chanoyu・Lines 1-50
08/28/2018 - Chashaku Poetics
08/27/2018 - Kanewari - Chashitsu Configurations
08/27/2018 - Chaire terminology & lids
08/10/2018 - Types of Chaire - An Additional 23
08/09/2018 - Wafūdō Hiroshima - Home of the Ueda Ryū
08/08/2018 - Types of Chaire
07/31/2018 - 100 Poems of Chanoyu 6-10
07/29/2018 - Shifuku Terms
07/28/2018 - Tea Tales #54 - A Warning About Copying Others
07/27/2018 - Oribe's 100 Lines of Chanoyu - Lines 1-31
07/21/2018 - Tea Tales #110 Placing a Woven Flower Vase on the Floor
07/18/2018 - Key Figures in Chanoyu History
07/18/2018 - Tea Tales #53 - Luxury Under the Guise of Sabi
07/15/2018 - Tea Offerings - Tea Life Audio Podcast
07/14/2018 - Chanoyu Translation Project -Patreon
07/12/2018 - Where Practice Begins Again
06/30/2018 - Taking Notes - TeaLife Audio episode 88
05/19/2018 - Non-attained Buddha - Podcast
04/24/2018 - Chasen Making Workshop with Tanimura Tango
04/22/2018 - Celebrating with a Special Guest
04/19/2018 - Mountain Haze
03/25/2018 - See With Your Ears - Podcast Launch
02/27/2018 - Chajin Genealogy
10/25/2017 - New Video - Centre Brazier thick tea (Naka-oki koicha)
10/15/2017 - New Video - Tabidansu
10/13/2017 - New Video - Centre Brazier / Naka-oki
10/12/2017 - New video - Women's Tray Temae
09/15/2017 - Red Spider Lily / Higanbana
09/10/2017 - Fading Leaves & Autumn Dusk
09/01/2017 - Matcha Drinking Etiquette
09/01/2017 - Custom search engine live
08/29/2017 - Website launch. Update notifications on this blog.
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