The Prevalence of the Song Tea Bowl Among Japanese Elites in the Kamakura and Early Muromachi Period

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10.2991/assehr.k.220105.278How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Japanese tea ceremony; Song tea bowl; Zen aesthetics

Abstract

Since the Buddhist monk Myōan Eisai reintroduced tea culture from China to Japan during the early Muromachi period, it had become popular among the Japanese elite class. According to many historical records, Japanese elites have adopted the Song tea bowl as their tea utensils before the wabi and sabi formula dominated the tea culture in Japan in the late Muromachi period. This paper will take a look at the application of the Song tea bowl to tea drinking settings in Japan from the early Kamakura to the late Muromachi period and analyze the reason why it could prevail among the Japanese elite class from the political, economical and aesthetic aspects. Its prevalence unveils the social situation and the aesthetic preference at that time and reflects some of the cultural traditions of Japan.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Yian Ren
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/01/17
TI  - The Prevalence of the Song Tea Bowl Among Japanese Elites in the Kamakura and Early Muromachi Period
BT  - Proceedings of the 2021 International Conference on Social Development and Media Communication (SDMC 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 1506
EP  - 1513
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.220105.278
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.220105.278
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