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Japanese Life through Tea
Ceremony=
茶道を通した日本=
9983;活 Associate
Professor Tim Cross Speech
and Communication Group, Department of English Faculty
of Humanities, Nanakuma
8-19-1, Jonan ku, (092)
871 6631 ext. 3501 81=
92 864
2864 (Fax) 814-0180=
福岡市城南区七隈8-19-1 http://www.hum.fukuoka-u.ac.jp/~eng/cross.html tim
AT fukuoka-u.ac.jp 1 Course Outline<=
/b> This
course gives an overview of the poetics and politics of tea. It introduces
the history of tea's development in 2 Course Objectives The
course integrates an interrogation of tea's history with practical experi=
ence
in tea room etiquette. The course examines critical incidents in the
development of institutionalised tea instruction, with the intention of
identifying the trajectory of tea's self-presentation as the embodiment of
the nation. Tea films will be read as documentary outlines of tea practic=
es
and as critical comments on certain aspects of tea pedagogy and the use of
culture as a national ideology. By the end of the course, students are
expected to be able to enter a tea room, inspect the scroll and flowers, =
and
cross the tea room to inspect the kettle and hearth before returning to t=
heir
designated position. Students should also be able to distinguish between =
thin
and thick tea serving procedures and utensils. Students will learn the ba=
sic
rules for eating tea sweets and a simple tea serving procedure using a tr=
ay,
and will be required to serve tea to each other. 3 Course Assessment For
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Weekly =
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2 Essays (1,000 and 3,000 words) &nb=
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Practicum: practical performance &nb=
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25% =
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bsp; 4 Organisation, Attendan=
ce
and Other Requirements This
course consists of discussions, close readings of film texts, and practic=
al lessons
in tea rooms. Clothing for the tea room classes should be restrained and
comfortable enough to allow you to sit on tatami.
Please prepare a pair of clean white socks for the practical lessons, and
remove any rings or watches before entering the tea room. Please wash your
hands before class! Student
attendance will be assessed, strictly following the relevant section of t=
he
JTW Rules and Policies: l
Marks for attendance and participation will be deducted in the case of unauthorized
absences and late arrival. 2
Any unauthorized absence will automatically incur a 3% reduction in the student’s
final mark. 3
Any late arrival (more than five minutes after the start of class) will incur
a 1% reduction in the student’s final mark. In
the event that you cannot attend class because of sickness or family
emergency, please send me an explanatory email before class. There
is one additional pre-requisite for classroom attendance. You must have
completed the weekly reading assignment before class. Classes will genera=
lly
start with a short quiz; this gives all students the opportunity to
demonstrate that they have done the reading homework. As
preparation for the first session, please make a list of questions that
outline any areas of interest that you would like to explore in depth in =
this
course. 5 Textbook and Recommend=
ed Please
buy the core textbook for this course: Cross (2009) ISBN 978-1-905246-74-=
8.
This book and some of the other readings listed here are available from t=
he
International Room on the second floor of the main library on the Hakozaki
campus. Extracts from my recent publications will be supplied by email on=
the
understanding that they will not be forwarded or distributed. Anderson,
J. L. (1991) Introduction to Japa=
nese
Tea Ritual, State Bodart,
B. (1977) 'Tea and Counsel: The Political Role of Sen Rikyu', Monumenta Nipponica, vol.32, no.=
1,
pp.49--74 Cross,
T. (1998) 'Reifying the deified Rikyu: (mis)representing the intersection=
of
economic activities, military responsibilities, and aesthetic authority',=
Fukuoka University Review of Literat=
ure
and Humanities, vol.29, no.4, pp.2407-2476 Cross,
T. (1999) 'Speaking truth to power: Is tea a cult? ( Cross,
T. (2000) 'Communicating history in Teshigahara's Rikyu: representations, identities and relations', Fukuoka University Review of Literat=
ure
and Humanities, vol.31, no.4, pp.2467-2518 Cross,
T. (2001a) 'Communicating Tea's Nationalist Fable: Kumai Kei's Sen no Rikyu: Honkakubo no Ibun'=
, Fukuoka University Review of Literat=
ure
and Humanities, vol.32, no.4, pp.2409-2458 Cross,
T. (2001b) 'Why tea? ', Index Mag=
azine, Sept/Oct., pp.96-103 Cross,
T. (2003) 'Rikyu has left the tearoom: cinema interrogates the anecdotal
legend', in Pitelka, M. (ed) (2003) Japanese Tea. Culture: Art, History, and Practice, Cross, T. (2009=
) The Ideologies of Japanese Tea:
Subjectivity, Transience and National Identity, =
Global Oriental, Folkstone=
Dale,
P.N. (1991) The Myth of Japanese
Uniqueness, Hickman,
M. (1996) Hume,
N. G. (ed) (1995) Japanese Aesthe=
tics
and Culture: A Reader, State University of New York Press, Kato,
E. (2005) Tea Ceremony and Women's
Empowerment in Modern Kramer,
R. (1985) 'The Cult of Tea', unpublished Ph.D thesis, Department of Far
Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Kumai,
K. (1989) Sen no Rikyu: Honkakubo=
no
Ibun, Seiyo, Ludwig,
T. M. (1981) 'Before Rikyu: Religious and Aesthetic Influences in the Ear=
ly
History of the Tea Ceremony', Mon=
umenta
Nipponica, vol.36, no.4, pp.367--390 Mori,
B. L. R. (1992) Americans Studyin=
g the
Traditional Japanese Art of the Tea Ceremony: The Internationalizing of a
Traditional Art, Mellen Research University Press, San Francisco Okakura,
K. (1964) The Book of Tea, Do=
ver
Publications, New York Pitelka, M. (ed) (2003) Japanese Tea. Culture: Art, History, and Practice, New York,
RoutledgeCurzon Pitelka,
M. (2005) Handmade Culture: Raku
Potters, Patrons, and Tea Practitioners in Japan, University of
Hawai‘i Press, Honolulu Sadler,
A. L. (1998)[1933] Cha-no-yu: The
Japanese Tea Ceremony, Rutland & Tokyo, Charles Tuttle Sen,
S. (1979) Chado: The Japanese Way=
of
Tea, translated and edited by Masuo Yamaguchi, James T. Conte, Nancy =
Yamada,
Takeya Yamasaki, Charles C. Santon, and Akiko Mori, Weatherhill and Tanko=
sha,
New York, Tokyo, Kyoto Sen,
S. (1998) The Japanese Way of Tea=
: From
Its Origins in China to Sen Rikyu, translated V. Dixon Morris, Univer=
sity
of Hawaii Press, Honolulu Tanaka,
K. (1962) Oginsama, Shochiku,=
Tokyo Teshigawara,
H. (1989) Rikyu, Shochiku, To=
kyo Tsutsui,
H. (1981) 'The Role of Anecdotes in the Transmission of Tea Traditions', =
Chanoyu Quarterly, no.29, pp.44-=
49 Varley,
P. & Kumakura, I. (1989) Tea =
in
Japan: Essays on the History of Chanoyu, University of Hawaii Press,
Honolulu Watsky,
A. M. (1995) 'Commerce, Politics, and Tea: The Career of Imai Sokyu', Monumenta Nipponica, vol.50, no.=
1,
pp.47--65 6 Communications<=
/b> At
our first class I will give you my email address. Please regularly check =
the
JTW noticeboard on the ground floor and third floor of the Ryugakusei Cen=
tre
for any changes that may arise during the semester. 7 Pre-requisites<=
/b> Apart
from the ability to do the required reading for homework, none. As Englis=
h is
the language of instruction, this course is structured on the assumption =
that
students have no working knowledge of Japanese. Sitting on tatami is part of the class
experience, so please wear appropriate clothing that will not cause any
discomfort or embarrassment. Please wash your hands before class!
PART II THE SYLLABUS Session 1 Course
overview, expressions of student interest. The practical problem of servi=
ng
tea. Locating Fukuoka in tea history. Homework:
Cross (2001b), Sadler (1998) How are tea values represented in these
anecdotes? Session 2 Inventing
modern tea as apolitical: anecdotes as tea pedagogy. Tea as discourse:
comparing the representations of tea values in Tsutsui (1981) with Sadler
(1998). Homework:
Anderson (1991) Chapters 9, 10, 11 Session 3 The
grammar of tea ritual, the physical aspects of the tea room spaces. Practicum I: Tea room etiquette. Entrances and exits. Handling tea utensils: fukusa (an almost square piece o= f silk used to purify other utensils), c= ha shaku (tea scoop), cha sen (tea whi= sk), cha kin (white linen cloth for w= iping bowl), natsume (thin tea container), hishaku (ladle).<= o:p> Please
remember to bring a pair of clean white socks. Homework:
Anderson (1991) Chapters 2 & 3 Session 4 Introducing
the Nambo Ryu School of Tea: Tachibana Jitsuzan (1655-1708), Kissa Nanpoo
Roku. Charcoal,
thick tea, thin tea. Homework:
Anderson (1991) Chapters 4 & 5, Sen (1998) Session 5 How
did the nature of tea in Japan change during the Heian Period (794-1185)?
What elements of tea in Kamakura Period (1185-1333) are significant for
modern tea practice? Homework:
Anderson (1991) Chapters 6 & 8, Sen (1998) Session 6 Class
discussion after handing in short essay: a 1,000 word reflective response=
to
Okakura (1964). How
have Muromachi Period (1336=
-1573)
tea contests influenced contemporary connoisseurship practices? Modern tea
pedagogy: remembering with the body. Homework:
Cross (2000), Anderson (1991) Chapters 12 & 13 Session 7 How
do opening scenes in films like Tanaka Kinuyo's 1962 Oginsama and Teshigawara Hiroshi's 1989 Rikyu reinforce and undermine tea's self-presentation as a pu=
rely
cultural practice innocent of commercial or political concerns? Homework:
Hume (1995) Chapter 10, Anderson (1991) Chapters 14 & 15 Session 8 How
much of an oversimplification is the general association of wabi with Sen no Rikyu (1522-159=
1)?
Murata Shukoo (ca. 1423-1502), cold and withered. Takeno Joo (1502-1555),=
the
ethical components of wabi tea. Nanpoo Roku as a source. Homework:
Anderson (1991) Toriawase App=
endix Session 9 Practicum
II: Purifying tea utensils Please
remember to bring a pair of clean white socks. Homework:
Cross (2001a), watch Sen no Rikyu:
Honkakubo no Ibun Session 10 How
does Kumai Kei's 1989 film Sen no
Rikyu: Honkakubo no Ibun comment on tea's role of creating a distinct=
ive
national culture, based on a discourse of transcience, and the lethal
slippage between the natural and the social in the use of sakura as persuasive motif for t=
he
special attack units that included the current Grand Master of Urasenke? =
Homework:
Anderson (1991) Chapter 7, Cross (1999), watch Rikyu Session 11 How
does Teshigawara Hiroshi's 1989 film Rikyu
comment on fifteeen generations of tea pedagogy? Homework:
Anderson (1991) Chapter 7 Session 12 Practicum
III: Serving tea Please
remember to bring a pair of clean white socks. Homework:
Anderson (1991) Temae Appendi=
x Session 13 Establishing
iemoto: the grand master syst=
em as
modern tea pedagogy. ht=
tp://www.urasenke.or.jp/eframe.html Session 14 Final
review and student reports Session 15 Student
reports Please
note that this is a tentative schedule, and will definitely be subject to
changes. Please regularly check the JTW noticeboard for the dates of the
practical sessions. =
御注意下さいEND OF SYLLABUS 授業科目 茶道を通した=
085;本生活 Japanese Life
through Tea Ceremony Tim
Cross テイム ク=
525;ス 福岡大&=
#23398;人文学部 (092)
871 6631 ext 3516 tim
AT fukuoka-u.ac.jp テキスト Cross, T. (2009=
) The Ideologies of Japanese Tea:
Subjectivity, Transience and National Identity, =
Global Oriental, Folkstone=
Pitelka, M. (2003) Japanese Tea. Culture: Art, History, and Practice, NewYork,
Routledge, Curzon 授業内容 This course gives an overview of the poetics and politics of tea by referring = to English language tea scholarship and representations of tea in Japanese cinema. It introduces the Nambo Ryu School of Tea, based here in Fukuoka.= The course is suitable for students who are interested in learning the gramma= r of the tea ritual. Students will receive an introduction to the serving proc= edures of the Nambo Ryu School of Tea and will be assessed on their performance = of basic tea room ettiquette. |