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Dais6sh6's 6Oth Year Spreading Chad6 Outside Japan6oth Anniversary of the Chad6 Urasenke Tank6kai Hawaii Association

Jt was in ear ly 1951, s ix ty years ago, that Dais6sh6 depart -Ied Japan on h is f i rs t chad6 miss ion abroad, which tookhim to Hawai i and then the US main land for a year . Barelyfive years had passed since Japan's surrender which broughtthe devastat ing Paci f ic War to an end, and consequent lyDais6shd, a young pilot in the lmperial Naval Airforce whichflew the kamikaze planes in the last desperate days of thewar, had miraculously returned home to Konnichian. Mean-while, he had completed his college education, undergonestrict Zen training at Daitokuji and received the names H6un-sai Genshu Soko from his Zen master, Got6 Zuigan Roshi, andin 1950, had formally been recognized as the Urasenke Waka-sOsh6 (lemoto-to-be). His l ifework spreading appreciationof chadO and Japanese cul ture in ternat ional ly , and "Peace-

fulness through a bowl of tea," had its start with this chadOmiss ion , and wh i l e i n Hawa i i du r i ng t h i s t r i p , U rasenke ' sfirst chapter outside Japan was established.

This year , at the t ime of the 39th Urasenke Hawai i Semi-nar, a series of impressive events were held in Honolulu incommemoration of Daisdsho's sixty years of work to pro-mote world peace through chado. Approximately four hun-dred Urasenke followers attended the events, including alarge group from Japan and many from different parts oft he US ma in land and Canada , as we l l as a number f r omdifferent parts of Asia and Oceania.

Tea 0ffedng (eremony by Daisdsho at the U55 Arizona Memorial

rrrrrop: The USS Arizona Memorial at dawn. LEFT BorroM: MC Jean Ariyoshi.ntcHt: Consul General Kamo gives a speech. Seen in f ront are Daisosho,Governor Abercrombie, and Admiral Walsh, among others.

The first event was a historic tea offering ceremony (kencha-shiki) by Dais6shO at the U55 Arizona Memorial in Pearl Har-bor on July 19, from 7:30 A.M. The memorial, built atop theturret of the U55 Arizona which was sunk in Japan's militaryattack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 , enshrines thememory of the 1,177 members of the battleship's crew whoperished in the attack. At the tea offering ceremony, Dais6-sho solemnly prepared two bowls of tea. The first, koicha,he dedicated to those who are memorialized in the shrineroom, and the second, usucha, was as a prayerfor Peace.

Former First Lady of Hawaii, Jean Anrvosnl, who led theinit iative for this first-ever Japanese tea offering ceremonyat the USS Arizona Memorial. served as Mistress of Ceremo-nies. The hour long service was witnessed by more than twohundred Japanese and Amer ican guests. Among the d igni -taries were three former Hawaii Governors: George ARtyosHt,John WnlHer, and Ben Cnyernruo. Also, three Pearl Harbor sur-vivors were present and seated in the front row, and therewere representatives of the all-Nisei442nd Regimental Com-batTeam and i00th ln fantry Bat ta l ion, and the Nisei whoserved in the Military Intell igence Service (MlS) during WWll.

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ToP: Daisosho carries the tea to the shrine room as the attendees watch.aorrou: After placingthe koicho on the offering table, Daisosho bows deeply,

Many television cameras and reporters from local and Japa-nese channels and newspapers were on the scene. Becauseof the l imited space, over three hundred members of theUrasenke group and others watched the event at the WorldWar l lValor of the Pacific National Monument theaters.

First, there was the singing of "The Star-Spangled Banner"by a U.5. sailor and "Hawaii Pono'i" by Hawaii recording artistRaiatea Hrrnlt. MC Ariyoshi introduced the special guests,and then read a congratulatory message from Hawaii Sena-tor Daniel K. lNouyE sent from Washington D.C. There werespeeches by Hawai i Governor Nei l Aeencnovare; Admira lPatrick M. WnrsH, Commander of the Pacific Fleet; NationalPark Service Pacific West Regional Director Christine LEHNERTZ;and Consul General Yoshih iko Knuo of Japan. Then Daiso-sho sat at the tenchaban that had been arranged in the mid-dle of the hall, and prepared the offerings. Carrying each ofthe bowls of tea into the shrine room, he placed his palmstogether and bowed deeply.

After this, Daisdsh6 stood at the podium before the as-sembled guests and gave a speech, in which he said that ,as one who served in the navy, the fact that he could makean offering of tea at this site was unforgettable, and wasthe greatest event in all the eighty-eight years of his l i fe.

Before the playing of the Japanese and U.S. taps whichclosed the ceremony, DaisOshd stood before the shr ineroom and, with his palms held together, intoned a prayer,and the at tendees were inv i ted to jo in wi th h im in thei rown prayer for world peace.

39th Urasenke Hawaii SeminarFrom l :30 in the af ternoon that same day, Ju ly 19, the in i -t ial lecture program for the 39th Urasenke Hawaii Seminartook place at the John F. Kennedy Theatre of the Universityof Hawai i (UH) at Manoa. Daisdsho presented an openingspeech, and the lectures were by Chancellor Virginia S.Hrru-sHnw of the UH at Manoa, who spoke about the university's

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t!LEFT: Seminar registrants reach the lecture venue at the University ofHawaii at Manoa, MTDDLE: Chancellor Hinshaw. ntcHr: President Morrison.

policies for development, and President Charles E. Monnrsolrof the East-West Center, whose lecture was entitled "APEC

and the Future of Multi lateralism."Completing that eventful day, in the evening there was

a festive lawn party at the Consulate General of Japan inHonolulu, honoring Daisosh6 and celebrating the 60th an-niversary of the Tank6kai Hawaii Association. Among thehighlights was when Consul General Kamo read aloud amessage of congratulations on the success of the tea offer-ing ceremony that morning, sent from Japan's Foreign Min-isteL MATsuMoro Ta kea ki.

s6sho. The following individuals were recognized for theirdistinguished meritorious service to Urasenke in Hawaii(in alphabetical order): George Arttn, George R. Anvosnt, JeanARtyosHt, Satoru lzursu, Eric KAWATAN|, Akemi KuRoKAwA,Richard MAMryA, Fujio Mnrsuoe, Colbert Mnrsumoro, HideoNoGUcHr, Ruth Or'ro, Thomas SaroDA, and Yoshiharu SnroH.

The second part of the program began with a viewingof the new thirty-minute film, "Chanoyu;" produced by theUrasenke Foundation. The screenwriter and director of thefi lm, Nnxn:tuR Sadao, was among the guests in the audi-

ence and was invited onto the stageto take a bow.

After this, there were two commem-orative lectures. Dais6sh6 deliveredthe first, entit led, "For Peace." Guestlecturer Rnru Kichizaemon, the 15thgeneration head of the Raku family ofpotters, delivered the second, entitled"The Chanoyu Aesthetic Revealed inRaku-wareTea Bowls:"

Kendashiki atHonpa Hongwanji Hawaii Betsuin

LEFT: Daisosh6, Tank6kai Hawaii Assn. President Kurokawa, Consul Gen-eral and Mrs. Kamo, and Jean Ar iyoshi . RTGHT: Hawai ian enter ta inment.

50th Anniversary (ommemorative CeremonyThe following morning, the event registrants and invitedguests attended a Commemorative Ceremony in the Mon-arch Room at The Royal Hawaiian Waikiki. During his wel-coming address, DaisdshO led a silent prayer in memory ofthe early Japanese immigrants to Hawaii. Also, he read alouda congratulatory message which had been sent from Japa-nese Prime Minister KRtt Naoto. President Akemi Kunoxnwaof the TankOkai Hawaii Association then gave a speech, andnext there was the presentation of gifts and awards by Dai-

rop LEFT: The Royal Hawaiian Waikiki. rop MTDDLE: Daisosh6 presents awards.roP RTGHT: President Kurokawa. Bot-roM: Daisosh6 addresses the assembly,

The Honpa Hongwanji HawaiiBetsuin.

From 'f :30 e.m. on July 20, Dais6sho presented a kenchashikiat the Honpa Hongwanji Hawaii Betsuin, the largest Bud-dhist temple in Hawaii, belonging to the Pure Land schoolof Buddhism.The kenchashikl; held as a commemorativeevent for the 60th anniversary of the Tankdkai Hawaii As-sociation, also commemorated the 750th anniversary thisyear of the death of Shinran Sh6nin, founder of the Japa-nese Pure Land tradition. Sitt ing at the tenchaban that hadbeen arranged in front of the altar, DaisOshO made a bowlof koicha and another of usucha, which he placed on theoffering table, dedicating them to the memory of the earlyJapanese immigrants to Hawai i and the TankOkai Hawai iAssociation members who have passed away. In a separateroom, members of the Urasenke Internat ional Associa-tion (UlA) and the Gakk6 ChadO students from Japan whowere among the 39th Urasenke Hawaii Seminar registrantsserved sweets and usucha to the attendees.

Celebration Banquet Hosted by Daisoshd

In the evening ofJuly 20, Dais6shO hosted a banquet at theSheraton Waikiki Hotel. The 39th Urasenke Hawaii Seminarregistrants received their seminar completion certificates atthis time. Also, Dais6sh6 was presented with official state-ments from the Hawaii State Senate and House of Represen-tatives, acknowledging the significance of the 60th anniver-sary of the Tank6kai Hawaii Association. . . . continued on p. 6

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First Visit of Dais6sh6 to Mongolia

7\ ugust 26-30,201 i, DaisOshO visited Mongolia, his firstf l.tr ip to that country. Arriving in Ulaanbaatar, he met withJapanese Ambassador KtooroRo Takuo and also respondedto an interview by the local media. The next day, at the lkhTenger State Guest House he conducted a chadO presen-tat ion for President Tsakhia Elbegdor j 's wi fe and otherofficials, and they enjoyed a luncheon reception together.Also, he went with Ambassador Kidokoro to pay his respectsat the Dambadarjaa memorial for World War l l Japanesesold iers who d ied in Mongol ia .

At the National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet ofMongolia on August 28, he gave a public lecture entit led"The Spirit of Japan,The Spirit of Tea." lt was followed by achadO demonstration by members of the Konnichian gydtei-bu. Nearly 350 cit izens attended the program, and wereserved sweets and usucha by Urasenke members who hadcome from Beij ing and Dalian to assist with the events.

On his last full day in the country, Dais6shd conducted akenchashiki at Gandan Monastery, one of the only Buddhistmonaster ies to surv ive the communist regime. l ts mainimage is a huge statue of Janraisig, God of Compassion. Be-fore the kenchashiki, Daisosho met with former Mongolianpresident Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat and the temple's abbotin the recept ion ger ( t radi t ional t ransportable dwel l ing) ,and they chatted over Mongolian tea. They then walked tothe Tibetan-sty le Megj id Janrais ig temple, and Daisoshoprepared two tea offerings. The monks chanted sutras, andthe Abbot, Dais6sh0, and Former President offered incense.

LEFTTop: At the State Guest House. laroolr: Public lecture. BorroM: Shakinghands with the Former President. RrcHr top: The kenchoshiki. eorroM: TheAbbot, Daisosho, Ambassador Kidokoro, and Former President in the ger.

That afternoon, Daisosh6 and entourage went on an out-ing to the plains outside Ulaanbaatar, and participated ina mini Naadam Festival, where DaisOsh6 was presentedwith a Mongol horse. ?

continuation from p.5 . . . Among the distinguished guestswho presented speeches were Councilor MnrsuDn Kouta ofJapan's House of Councilors, Director Kent E. CnloEn of theEdwin O. Reischauer Center for East Asian Studies at JohnsHopkins University, Chancellor Virginia S. HtNsHAw of the UHat Manoa, Former Hawaii Governor George ARtyosHt, andCurrent Hawaii Governor Neil AgrRcnorusre.

(ommemorative Tea GatheringOn July 2'1, throughout the day chartered buses transport-ed the attendees to the four venues of the commemorativetea gathering and also the lunch venue, which was at theHalekulani Hotel.The four tea venues included kolcha hostedby Konnichian at the Japanese Cultural Center's Seik6an tearoom; ryirei-style usucha hosted by the Hawaii Konnichikaiat the UH at Manoa's Jefferson Hall; usucha hosted by the

ToP LEFT: Daisosho serves the first bowl of koicha at Konnichian's venue.Top RIGHT: fhe ry1rei tea-making table and decorat ions at the Hawai iKonnichikai's venue. BorroM Lert: The venue of the UH Tea Club and O.B.BorroM RIGHT: Guests seated at the Tankokai Hawaii Association's venue.

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UH Tea Club and O.B. at the Jakuan tea house near JeffersonHall; and usucha hosted by the TankOkai Hawaii Associationat the Urasenke Hawaii Branch's Han'v6an tea room.

(ommemorative Exhibition at the Honolulu ofArts

LEFT: At the opening ceremony, RtcHT: Daisosho previews the exhibits.

At the Honolulu Academy of Arts, Urasenke helped to mounta commemorative exhibit ion, entit led "The Way of Tea." ltintroduced viewers to the articles used during the sequenceof a chaji. The opening ceremony took place the eveningof July 21 , and the exhibit ion period was unti l October 2.

Furthermore, Daisdsh6 was the honored guest speakerat the Japanese Cultural Center's 201 1 Celebration of Lead-ership and Achievement Dinner held at the Hilton Hawai-ian Vil lage the evening of July 23, at which he was namedHonorary Cultural Ambassador.

July 24, the eve before the Urasenke Hawaii Seminar reg-istrants from Japan boarded their return fl ight to Japan,there was a festive Sayonara Party held at the Kahala Hotel& Resort. As a surprise, thanks to swift arrangements madeby group leader Aunr Kishichir6, the Seminar registrantsfrom Japan presented Dais6sh6 with the trumpet whichhad been used to play the closing U.5.t aps j us t s i x days p rev ious l y a t t hehistoric Tea Offering Ceremony on theUSS Arizona Memorial. ?

60th Anniversary of San Francisco Peace Treaty

J-laisdsh6 was in San Francisco September 7-10, for the. I-rrcommemoration by the Japanese government of the60th anniversary of the signing on September 8, .|951, of the5an Francisco Peace Treaty which formally ended World Warll and brought Japan back into the community of nations.That event sixty years ago took place at the Opera House,and later the same day, in the Ventana Room at the GoldenGate Club, Japan and the US signed a security treaty. Thistime's 60th anniversary commemoration, attended by ap-proximately two hundred invited guests and hosted by theJapanese Consulate General in San Francisco, took place inthat same room at the Golden Gate Club, and its centerpiecewas a kenchashrki conducted by Daisosh6.

The program opened with the US and Japanese anthems.A message from US Secretary of State Hil lary CuNroN wasread. Japanese Consul General INoMATA Hiroshi delivered aspeech and read a statement from Japanese Foreign Minis-ter GEMBA K6ichi16. Then Dais6sh0 sat at the tenchaban andprepared two tea offerings, dedicating them to World peaceand Lasting US-Japan Friendship. At the offering table, therewas a panel with the preamble of the Peace Treaty, and in aframe, the signatures of the Japanese signatories.

At the end, Daisdsh6 gave a speech, recall ing his memo-ries of that historic day sixty years ago, when he was in SanFrancisco on his first trip outside Japan, witnessed the sign-

The Ventana Room, Golden Gate Club, as Daisosho gives a speech at thecommemorative ceremony on September 8,20,| 1.

ing, and conducted a chadO presentation to open the ?rtTreasures from Japan" special loan exhibit ion that was heldat the de Young Museum in celebration of the treaty.

Afterwards, the guests were served usucha by membersof the Tankokai SF Associat ion. That eveninq, DaisOsh6as well as former US Secretary of State George p. SHULTZwere among the special guests at a reception at the officialresidence of the Japanese Consul General. The evening ofSeptember 9, the Tankdkai 5F Association hosted a dinnerin DaisOsh6's honor at the Hotel Nikko San Francisco.

Dais6sh6 in London

f \n Apr i l 1 ,2011, the ChadO Urasenke Tank6kai Uni ted\,f Kingdom (UK) Association was established, and thusjoined the netr4vork of Tank6kai associations worldwide. Dai-sdsh6 made a trip to London September 20-23, during whichhe participated in the association's inauguration celebration,presented a public lecture and chadO demonstration pro-gram at the Brit ish Museum, and conducted a tea offeringceremony in the chapel at Lambeth Palace.

The inauguration celebration (photos above) was held theevening of September 21 , at the Dorchester Hotel. Guestsincluded Jeremy HuNr, UK Secretary of State for Culture,Olympics, Media and Sport; Christopher Punvls, Chairman ofthe UK Japan Society; Ambassador HAyAsHt Keiichi of theJapanese Embassy in the UK; and Tank6kai members fromother European countries. They were welcomed with a bowlof usucha served in a rylreiarea. Then there was a dinnerreception, at which Dais0sh6 handed to the association'spresident, Martin BRRnow cBE, the association's registrationcertificate, and to the chief of administration, Kevin O'Durrv(Midorikai 2000-01 ), the officers'certificates of entrustment.

The program at the Brit ish Museum's BP Lecture Theatrewas in the afternoon of September 22. Before it began, at-tendees were treated to usucha in the theatre's foyer, while

DaisOsho went to the Japan Gal lery to see the "Waeian, ,

tea house that he donated in 1990, and the exhibit ion casefor chad6 articles on loan from Urasenke. The turn-out forthe lecture program fi l led the BP Theatre. Among the guestattendees was HRH Prince Richard, the Duke of Gloucester.DaisoshO, together with Ambassador Hayashi, enjoyed a pri-vate meeting with HRH afterwards (lower right photo above).

From the Brit ish Museum,DaisOsho went to LambethPalace, the official Londonresidence of the Archbishopof Canterbury.There, he metArch bishop Rowan WtlrRlrnsand, as they talked, prepareda bowl of tea for him (photoabove ) . . . . . con t i nuedonp .8

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Gakuen and MidorikaiComings & Goings

FRoM THE LEFT: Krzysztof MARczEWsKr, Karoliina HuovrNEN, Vice-Principal SENMasako, Principal Zabosai, Stefen RAM|REZ, Jan BoJANovsKy, and June AoNo.

On July 15,201'1, as the "Gion-bayashi" music of the GionFestival was starting to fi l l the air in Kyoto, the closing cere-mony for the Urasenke Gakuen's spring semester took place.At this time, the ten students in the spring 201 1 three-monthKenky0ka course, and the four in the Midorikai course whohad begun their studies in September 2010 received theircertif icates of course completion. Among the former wasWnxOYumi, of the UrasenkeTea Ceremony Society, NewYork.The four Midorikai students were Jan BotRtlovsrv (TankOkaiCzech Assn.), Karoli ina Huovtueu (Kansai Japan-Finland So-ciety student exchange program), Krzysztof MARCZEWSKI(TankokaiWarsaw Sunshin Assn.), and Stefen Rnmtnrz (Ura-senke Tea Ceremony Society, New York). Also, June Aoruo(TankOkai Hawaii Assn.), who joined the Midorikai programfor one semestet completed her term of study this day.

The four Midorikai graduates remained in Japan togetherwith their three lowerclassmen who had entered in April-Kathryn Becnrom,Teodor CosttcR, and Mika MAKELA-untilafter the Gion Festival f loat procession on July 17, when allthe men helped tug the HOkaboko float.

After the summer holidays, school reopened on Sep-tember 5. Of f ic ia l ly beginning thei r one-year course ofstudy in the Midor ika i on th is day were Chr is t ina Grtssr(Hawaii University S6shitsu Sen fellowship), Joshua Hnvurs(Tan k6kai Birm ingham Assn.), Paulina HNATYSzAK (TankdkaiKrakow Senshin Assn.), and Freija Mrununu-Rnusreor (Kan-sai Japan-Finland Society student exchange program).

Joining the Midorikai for short-term study from Octo-ber 3 to 13 was Arthur KENNEDv, oftheTankOkai Los Ange-les Assn.

continuation from p. 7 . . . At the service of evening prayerin the chapel, where members of the international AngelicanCommunion Compass Rose Society were gathered, Dais6-sh6 conducted a candle-lit tea offering ceremony. Approxi-mately two hundred people, including sixty-one from theTank6kai UK Association, witnessed this ceremony. After-wards, in the Great Hall, there was a reception (photo below).

The three events keyedto Daisosho's visit to Londonserved to formally launch theTank6kai UK Association inits activities to spread appre-c iat ion of chadO in the UK,and peacefu lness through abowl of tea. ?

News from Abroad

Chado Urasenke Tankokai Seattle AssociationCelebrates 4oth Anniversary

Scene at the 40th anniversary chakai ry1rei space. July 30,201 1.

On July 30,2011, the Chad6 Urasenke Tank6kai Seattle As-sociation celebrated its 40th anniversary with a luncheonand chakai held at the Columbia Tower Club, on the 76thfloor of the Columbia Center, with its breathtaking view ofthe cityscape of Seattle.

Seventy-three people gathered for the celebration, in-cluding Japanese Consul General and Mrs. Kiyokazu Ore;GyOtei SHTRAHASE Soko and FusHton SOkei representing theUrasenke Head House; Chief Administrator Kayoko HtRorAof theTankOkai North America Head Office; Director ChristyBARTLET-r of the Urasenke 5an Francisco Branch; representa-tives from various local Japanese organizations; and Tank6-kai members from Vancouver, Portland, and San Francisco.At the luncheon, GyOtei Shirahase presented a Certif icateof Entrustment from Dais6sh6 and Oiemoto to Consul Gen-eral Ota, who was asked to be an honorary advisor of theAssociation. The Association presented certificates of rec-ognition to Chieko BEcKER, Aiko Furtt, Mitsuko Gnlr, ReikoMTHARA. and Florence SupttoR for their dedicated service tothe Association for forty years, and to Tomio MoRtcucHt forserving as the president for the past twenty years. For thechakai after the luncheon, we had both a tatami-flooredspace and a ryhrei space where we conducted temae.

In commemorating the Association's 40th anniversary,two indiv iduals are par t icu lar ly remembered. One is thelate Kiyomi Otnut, who immigrated from Japan before WW lland, though her l i fe was not easy, found in chadO a spiritualoasis and began teaching it in her home. Even while in theinternment camp for Japanese that she was sent to duringthe war, she continued her chado teaching. The other in-dividual is Daisdsho H6unsai, who visited Seattle in 1951,when he was Wakas6sho, and made a great impact on theJapanese-American commu nity, especially the nisei ladies,and firmly planted the seeds of chadO in this city.That wassixty years ago, but it wasn't unti l 1971 that the UrasenkeSeattle Chapter (present Chado UrasenkeTank6kai SeattleAssociat ion) was formal ly establ ished, making 201 1 i ts40th anniversary.

Over the next three days, we were very fortunate tohave a special workshop taught by the two gyotei teach-ers. Having celebrated a big milestone in our history, andalso having been able to receive the special workshop, wefeel reinvigorated in our dedication to the Way of Tea.

NaomiTnrEuunnChief of Administration

Chad0 Urasenke Tankdkai Seattle Association

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News from Abroad

Chado Urasenke Tankokai Montreal AssociationCelebrates 3oth Anniversary

Commemorative group photo of members who helped with the large-scale chakai. Soyo KAGEMoR|, in the front row is seated in the center. Octo-bet 2,2011 .

The Chad6 Urasenke TankOkai Montreal Association wasfounded by S6y0 KncruoRr and her late husband, TakeshiKRcruoRt, in 1981, and since 2006 has been managed byan executive committee presided over by Claude Gecrue.There are currently forty members, one honorary advisor,four honorary members, and two supervisors.

On October 2,2O11, we had our 30th anniversary eventin a beautiful historical building located in a nature parknorth of Montreal. We arranged four styles of chaseki, wherewe served tea to more than 150 guests. Due to rainy weath-er, we were unable to serve tea outdoors. However, many ofour guests seemed to really enjoy the intimate atmospherethat only an indoors chakai could provide.

Our association has hosted many demonstrations re-quested by var ious organizat ions, inc luding our annualsummer demonstrat ions at the Montreal Botanical Gar-den, where every summer we serve tea to as many as fourhundred visitors. The 6yose or "large-scale" chakai we hadfor our 30th anniversary, however, was a first time experi-ence for many of our members and guests, and thereforewas an enl ightening and f resh exper ience. Each of ourmembers, in the l imited time and space, took on responsi-bil i t ies, performed demonstrations, and served tea withoutcompromise. From this experience, they have grown andhave deepened their motivation for chad6.

More than th i r ty guests were inv i ted to a ceremonyheld at that same bui ld ing in the evening. We receivedwonderful greetings from City Council lor Ginette MRnorrrand Takashige KnxuoR from the Consulate General of Ja-pan in Montreal. We are deeply thankful to the MontrealBotanical Garden's Director Gil les Vrucerur and Chief Ad-ministrator Kayoko HtRorA of the TankOkai North AmericaHead Office for attending. Ms Hirota's words were full ofcompassion and touched everybody's heart.

On this special day, S6yd Kncruonr was awarded a Cer-tif icate of Commendation from the Consulate General ofJapan in Montreal, in recognition of her remarkable contri-bution in forming friendships between Japan and Canada.5he appeared very much moved by this commendation.

Finally, a chakaiseki buffet prepared by a professionalchef was served. Everybody enjoyed its artistic appear-ance and delicate taste.

Mamiko KoNtsHlChief of Ad ministration

Chad6 Urasen ke Tank6kai Montreal Association

Washington and Lee UniversityTea RoomNamed by Daisosh6 Seru Genshitsu

At the unveiling ceremony. From the left: Kayoko HtRoTA, peter GRovER(Director of Reeves Center), Hank DoBtN (Dean of the College), presidentKen Rusclo, Erik Beu'09, Janet IKEDA. Octobet 2s.2011.

I took the first "Way of Tea" class at the University of Hawai'iin 1978. After a year ofJapanese language study in Tokyo, Iwas most fortunate to receive the Sen Soshitsu fellowshipto study tea with Midorikai in Kyoto. After f inishing myPh.D. in Japanese literature at Princeton University I knewthat someday I wanted to teach a "Way of Tea" course. Lit-t le did I know that my academic career would lead me toWashington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia. Thissmall l iberal arts college, nestled in the gentle mountainsof the Blue Ridge, was the perfect place to begin teachinga course on tea. The idea of "reverence" resonated with thevalues established by the university's founders.

My tea course began as a six-week spring term coursein 2000. With a handful of utensils, I taught the tea coursein an ord inary c lassroom wi th tables and chai rs . In thesummer of 2QO6 the unimaginable occurred and the uni-versity commissioned Mr. Seij i Suzurc to build a shoin-stylesix-mat tea room in a gallery of the university art museum.From the fall term of 2006, the tea room has become oneof our most unique classrooms. lt offers a rich learning en-vironment where students leave their comfort zone andlearn how a traditional art form can have meaning in theirdaily l ives.

Dais6sho Sen Genshitsu, who offered me the opportu-nity over thirty years ago to study in Midorikai, recentlybestowed upon Washington and Lee University's tea roomthe name "Senshin'an" ( ift ,t ff i ) or "Clearing-the-Mind

Abode."On October 25,2011, we held an unvei l ing cer-emony with university president, Kenneth P. Rusclo. Theceremony was attended by special guest Kayoko HtRorA,chief of administration at the Urasenke New York Branch,along with invited guests of the university community. Inhis remarks, university President Ruscio said, "ln the wakeof the March 201 1 tsunami, our hearts have been with theJapanese people as they rebui ld and renew thei r v is ionand purpose. The Japanese art of tea remains an impor-tant way for us to broaden our global view, deepen ourappreciation of art, and find meaningful connections witheach other."

Janet IKEDAMidorikai 1980-83

Member, U rasenke Tea Ceremony Society

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U rasen ke Center Galleries

2011 Special Autumn Exhibition

Fine Articles from the Matsui Family of Higo Province: A Warrior Family and Chad6

From October 1 to December 4, 2Q11,the Urasenke Foundation's ChadO Re-search Center Galleries at the UrasenkeCenter and the J6tenkaku Museum atShOkokuji temple, located about a fif-teen minute walk from each other, fea-tured a dual exhibit ion of select articlesfrom the collection of the Matsui fam-ily of Kumamoto prefecture (old name,H igo ) , now owned by t he Ya tsush i roMunic ipal Museum and Matsui BunkO(Director , MRrsur Michiyuki , the 14thgene ra t i on Ma tsu i f am i l y he i r ) . Theexhib i t ion at the Urasenke Center fo-cused on items which give evidence ofthe fami ly 's involvement wi th chad6,whi le that at the Jdtenkaku Museumfocused on the fami ly 's involvementw i t h n o h . N i k k e i I n c . ( N i h o n K e i z a iSh imbun-sha ) j o i ned w i th t he Chad6Research Center and Jotenkaku Muse-um in sponsor ing the dual exhib i t ion.

An opening ceremony, preview, andreception took place at the Chad6 Re-search Center on September 30.

There is a 300-page cata log (a l lJap-anese) for the dual exhib i t ion, edi tedand published by the Chad6 ResearchCenter.

cENTER coLUrvN Top: Poster for the Chado ResearchCenter 's exhib i t ion. BoTToM: 1 7th c. Yatsushirowa re m izusash i . RTGHT coLUMN Top : N i kke i I nc .Cha i rman SuGr rA Ryok i , Da i sosh6 , Shokoku j iChief Abbot AR|MA Rai te i , and Director MATsulM ich i yuk i a t t he open ing ce remony . MTDDLE:Guests at the opening ceremony preview the

exhibits. The scroll is a letter from the daimyo-cha j i n FURUTA Or i be (1 543 -1 61 5 ) t o MArsu lYasuyuki. At the far end of the case is the mizu-sashi in the above photo. The tea bowl in thecenter of the case is a 1 7th c. Oribe-style kutsu-jawan. BorroM: The 1 7th c. Namban unglazedstoneware mizusashi illustrated on the ooster.

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History of the Matsui Family

The founder of the modern Matsui family,Matsui Yasuyuki (1 550-1 61 2), served un-der 5h6gun ASHTKAGA Yoshiteru and, afterYoshiteru's death in 1 565, fought underthe command of Hosokawa Fuji taka (Y0-

sai) and dist inguished himself on the bat-tlefield. The Hosokawas, led by Fujitakatsuccessor , Tadaok i (Sansa i ) , s ided w i ththe Tokugawas in the Bat t le o f Sek iga-hara (1600) that cleared the path to theshogunate for Tokugawa leyasu. Tadaokiwas given a huge domain in Kyush0, andMatsui Yasuyuki, who fought on the Kyu-shO front, was awarded a large fief in Oita,w i th an income equ iva len t to tha t o f adaimyo. Yasuyuki 's heir, Okinaga (1582-

1661), married Tadaoki 's daughter. AfterTadaok i ' s death in 1645, Ok inaga suc-ceeded him as lord of Yatsushiro Castlein Kumamoto. Also, as Okinaga was with-out a son and heir, he adopted the sixth

son ofTadaoki to succeed to the Matsuihouse. From 1646 unti l the Meij i Restora-t ion, the Matsui family occupied Yatsu-shiro Castle and the family head servedas the Hosokawa daimyo's top minister.The successive family heads also had theunique privi lege of being al lowed audi-ences with the rul ing Tokugawa shogunwhen pay ing v is i t s to the governmentheadquarters in Edo (Tokyo).

Like the Hosokawas whom they served,Matsui Yasuyuki and Okinaga were notonly ski l led warriors but were also highlyversed in chad6, noh, and other ref ine-ments which warriors were expected tobe versed in. The exhibit ion at the Ura-senke Center included examoles of cor-respondence between Matsui Yasuyukiand 5en R ikyr l . To th is day . the Matsu ifamily transmits the Higo Koryu style ofchado that reflects Rikyu's original style.

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