News from Urasenke Headquarters in Kyoto, Japan
The following is a message from Iemoto Zabosai to Urasenke followers both domestic and international, composed on the occasion of the Rikyu Memorial (Rikyu-ki) on March 28, 2020. Along with a large number of other Urasenke events this year, the 2020 Rikyu-ki observance at Urasenke Konnichian, was closed to the public due to the...
Ms. Makiko Sakata Honorary President of the Urasenke Midorikai Alumni Association Makiko Sakata was born in Kyoto in 1987 to Zabosai Soshitsu Sen XVI, sixteenth generation Grand Master of the Urasenke Tradition, and to Masako Sen, second daughter of His Imperial Highness Prince Takahito of Mikasa. After graduating from high school, Ms. Sakata continued her education...
In 2013 Zabosai Oiemoto sama undertook the historic task of complete refurbishment of the Konnichian complex of tearooms. As these tearooms have been designated Important Cultural Properties by the Japanese government, the refurbishment is being treated almost as an archeological endeavor. The massive process has now entered its third of four phases. From the beginning...
On a sunny afternoon at the downtown Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Dr. Genshitsu Sen, 15th Grand Master of Urasenke, presented an offertory kencha-shiki, followed by his 40-minute lecture& demonstration, and a dedicatory Tea.
Salutations, The cherry blossoms have bloomed, and combined with the green of the weeping willows, the world has turned into the spring scene of "hana wa kurenai, yanagi wa midori" - literally, "the flowers are pink and the willows are green." The recent, unprecedented huge earthquake, and the triple blow from also being struck...
