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The historical and comtemporary significance og Tea and Ceramics.

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When we look at Japan and Japanese people and culture, there are many different elements and aspects. Zen Buddhist monk Suzuki Roshi said: "If it's not paradoxical, it's not true". Yet if we go back almost 1200 years, we arrive at the introduction of Tea in Japan, first propagated by Eisai in Kyoto and Uji. At the same time, native ceramics were still quite unrefined, and glazed pieces from the mainland, Korean and Chinese works, were quite sought after and valuable. Tea and ceramics were some of the most significant elements of the development of and signaling of status and power in the martial era of Japan, and remain so today. How did they become so important, and what were some of the significant cultural and historical points for ceramics and tea as Japanese tea ceremony, architecture, and society evolved.
Lecture includes Japanese tea tasting and a small exhibition of ceramics by Gregory Hamilton Miller