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The Story of the Kan'untei Tea Room at Urasenkei Konnichian
Chado Research Center, Kyoto
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The Urasenke teahouse, Kan'untei, is said to have been a favorite of Sotan, the third generation of the Senke family, and like Konnichian and Yuiin, which are representative tea rooms of the Urasenke, has been a part of the Urasenke history from early on.
There is an anecdote that the painter Tan'yu Kano, who was active in the early Edo period (1603-1868), entered the sliding door of Kan'untei without permission while Sotan was away and tried to paint the eight immortals in a single stroke, but when Sotan returned home, he was surprised and mistook his left hand for the right hand.
In the late Edo period (1603-1868), the 10th generation of the Urasenke family, Koseisai, commissioned the painter Tansen Tsurusawa, who was also involved in the production of paintings for the Imperial Palace, to create a copy of the sliding door painting, and the 11th generation of the Urasenke, Gennasai, took the brush and created his own copy. In addition to the two types of copies made, many successive generations of Urasenke called themselves "Kan'untei masters," indicating that Kan'untei was considered important.
Cherry blossoms are also an indispensable part of the Kan'untei. Tea utensils using "Kan'unzakura" (cherry blossoms), which Sotan is said to have loved, and hanging scrolls with poems about cherry blossoms on the sliding door paintings of Kan'untei have also been handed down.
This exhibition introduces three types of fusuma-e paintings of Kan'untei and traces the history of the Urasenke school with Kan'untei as its axis, focusing on Sotan's tea house construction, the relationship between Sotan and Tanyu, records and illustrations of the anniversary of his death that feature Kan'untei, and tea utensils related to the Kan'un-zakura.
In the accompanying exhibition, tea ceremony utensils will be explained in both Japanese and English in an easy-to-understand manner.
Period I: April 18 (Thursday) - May 12 (Sunday)
Period II: May 15 (Wed) - June 9 (Sun)
Period III: June 12 (Wed) - July 7 (Sun)
There is an anecdote that the painter Tan'yu Kano, who was active in the early Edo period (1603-1868), entered the sliding door of Kan'untei without permission while Sotan was away and tried to paint the eight immortals in a single stroke, but when Sotan returned home, he was surprised and mistook his left hand for the right hand.
In the late Edo period (1603-1868), the 10th generation of the Urasenke family, Koseisai, commissioned the painter Tansen Tsurusawa, who was also involved in the production of paintings for the Imperial Palace, to create a copy of the sliding door painting, and the 11th generation of the Urasenke, Gennasai, took the brush and created his own copy. In addition to the two types of copies made, many successive generations of Urasenke called themselves "Kan'untei masters," indicating that Kan'untei was considered important.
Cherry blossoms are also an indispensable part of the Kan'untei. Tea utensils using "Kan'unzakura" (cherry blossoms), which Sotan is said to have loved, and hanging scrolls with poems about cherry blossoms on the sliding door paintings of Kan'untei have also been handed down.
This exhibition introduces three types of fusuma-e paintings of Kan'untei and traces the history of the Urasenke school with Kan'untei as its axis, focusing on Sotan's tea house construction, the relationship between Sotan and Tanyu, records and illustrations of the anniversary of his death that feature Kan'untei, and tea utensils related to the Kan'un-zakura.
In the accompanying exhibition, tea ceremony utensils will be explained in both Japanese and English in an easy-to-understand manner.
Period I: April 18 (Thursday) - May 12 (Sunday)
Period II: May 15 (Wed) - June 9 (Sun)
Period III: June 12 (Wed) - July 7 (Sun)
Schedule | Apr 18 (Thu) 2024-Jul 7 (Sun) 2024 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Adults ¥1000, University Students ¥600, High School and Junior High School Students ¥350 | ||||
| Venue | Chado Research Center, Kyoto https://www.urasenke.or.jp/textc/gallery/museum/  | ||||
| Location | 682 Teranouchitate-cho, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto 602-0073 | ||||
| Access | 15 minute walk from exit 1 at Kuramaguchi Station on the Karasuma subway line; From Nijojo-mae Station on the Tozai subway line, take the #9 or #12 Kyoto city bus and get off at Horikawateranouchi. The venue is 1 minute walk from there. | ||||
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