10th Ocha Zanmai (2024)

The Department of Modern Languages and Literatures and 
The College of Liberal & Creative Arts at San Francisco State University 
with a special grant from the Imuraya Group, Co., Ltd. 

present

Ocha Zanmai お茶三昧2024

An Online International Forum on Chanoyu and Tea Culture
From San Francisco to the World

This is our 10th Ocha Zanmai!　

お茶三昧は
サンフランシスコから世界に発信する茶の湯と茶文化に関する
国際オンラインフォーラムです

おかげさまで第１０回目の節目を迎えることができました

Theme: Creation, Appreciation, and Practice of Chanoyu
主題：茶の湯の創造・鑑賞・実践

Photo: Courtesy of Miwa Kyusetsu XIII

English Videos

• "Trajectory of Miwa Kyusetsu XIII: A Talk about His Own Work"

  • Miwa Kyusetsu XIII, Hagiware ceramic artist
     

• "Chinese Lacquerware and Imitation Products, or the Problem of Appraisal"

  • Osamu Fukushima, Tokyo National Museum
     

• "Samples of the Nanpōroku (An attempt at a new English translation)"

  • Frank Feltens, Smithsonian Institution
     

• "Using the Tea Ceremony as a tool for memory and justice"

  • Javier Ormeno, Pontifical Catholic University of Peru
  • Introduction by Stephen Roddy, University of San Francisco
     

• "Touring Chanoyu in the American Northeast: A Travel Guide for Chajin and Cha-curious"

  • Victoria Schmidt-Scheuber, art historian and chajin

日本語ビデオ

• 「十三代三輪休雪の軌跡　自作を語る」

  • 萩焼陶芸家　十三代三輪休雪
     

• 「唐物漆器と倣製品　あるいは鑑定の問題」

  • 東京国立博物館　福島修
  • 紹介：同志社大学　宮武慶之

Video Viewing Period

Videos will be uploaded on a flow basis as they become ready in November.  All videos will be available by December and will remain viewable through December 31, 2024.

ビデオご視聴期間 

11月中にビデオを順次アップロードしてまいります。12月には全てのビデオをご覧になれます。ご視聴終了時間は日本時間で2025年1月1日午後4時までとなります。

For Registration, click here

(The link will be created when the registration site is up and running.)

Registration Fees

$75 + service fee
Students, Faculty and Staff of San Francisco State University, please email mmckeon@sfsu.edu for special rates.

Information and Inquiries

mmckeon@sfsu.edu
日本からのお問い合わせはchoumyohoushu@gmail.com

2024 Ocha Zanmai Staff

• Isao Kumakura, Special Advisor (Director, MIHO Museum)
• Tamaki Yano, Executive Advisor (Professor Emeritus, Doshisha University)
• Yoshiyuki Miyatake, Executive Officer in charge of Promotion and Development in Japan (Doshisha University)
• Stephen Roddy, Adviser (Professor and Chair, University of San Francisco)
• Frederik Green, Adviser (Professor and Chair, San Francisco State University
• Chris Wen-Chao Li, Officer, Webmaster and Technology Specialist (Professor, San Francisco State University)
• Douglas Huskins, Officer, Professional Technology Expert
• Aaron Benn, Events & Community Programs Coordinator, College of Liberal & Creative Arts, San Francisco State University
• Midori McKeon, Organizer and Executive Chair (Professor, San Francisco State University)

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forthcoming

Ocha Zanmai 2025

Theme: Nature in Chanoyu

• "Latvia(n) Rocks: The Aesthetics of Masuno Shunmyō's Garden of Destiny"

  • Stephen Roddy, University of San Francisco

• "Place Seasonal Flowers: Chabana Practice" 「季節の花を入れる：茶花実践」

  • Larry Sokyo Tiscornia & Kimika Soko Takechi, Chado Urasenke Tankokai San Francisco Association

To present at the Ocha Zanmai 2025, please contact 
pleasureoftea@gmail.com or choumyohoushu@gmail.com

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Ocha Zanmai: Chanoyu and Tea Culture

A digital book project is in progress!

• To Live (Chajin and Life)
• To Use (Utensils and Environment)
• To Connect (Other disciplines, other tea cultures, etc.) 

Chapter contributions in English are strongly preferred, but manuscripts written in Japanese are also considered.
If you are interested in writing a chapter, please contact pleasureoftea@gmail.com or choumyohoushu@gmail.com