Japanese Tea Ceremony Resources

Books

OVERVIEWS

Anderson, Jennifer. 1991. An Introduction to Japanese Tea Ritual. New York: State University of New York Press.
Mittwer, Gretchen. 2008. What is Chanoyu? Kyoto: Tankosha. (In English and Japanese.)
Okakura, Kakuzo. 2005. The Book of Tea. Tokyo: Kodansha International. 
Sadler, Arthur Lindsay. 2008. Cha-No-Yu: The Japanese Tea Ceremony. Rutland, VT: Tuttle Publishing.
Sōkō, Kitami. 2013. Introduction to Chado. Tokyo: Natsume Sha.
Sen, Soshitsu XV. 2007. A Chanoyu Vocabulary: Practical Terms for the Way of Tea. Kyoto: Tankosha.
Sen, Soshitsu XV. 1990, 2nd ed. Chado: The Japanese Way of Tea. Kyoto: Tankosha.
Sen, Soshitsu XV. 1998. The Japanese Way of Tea: From Its Origins in China to Sen Rikyu. Honolulu: University of Hawai’i Press.
Sen, Genshitsu (Soshitsu XV), and Sen, Soshitsu. 2011. Urasenke Chado Textbook. Kyoto: Tankosha.

TEA PROCEDURE

Sen, Soshitsu XV. 1993. Tea Etiquette for Guests: A Practical Guide for Chanoyu Study. Kyoto: Tankosha.
Sen, Soshitsu XV. 1996. Urasenke Chanoyu Handbook One. Kyoto: Urasenke Foundation.
Sen, Soshitsu XV. 1996. Urasenke Chanoyu Handbook Two. Kyoto: Urasenke Foundation.

ENGLISH/JAPANESE

Tankosha Editorial Department, ed. 2004. Tearoom Conversation in English. Kyoto: Tankosha.

TEA ENCYCLOPEDIA

Tankosha Editorial Department, ed. 2007. A Chanoyu Vocabulary: Practical Terms for the Way of Tea. Kyoto: Tankosha.

Links

EDUCATIONAL

Dr. Jennifer Anderson (Anthropology) at San Jose State University: http://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/anderson/tea_ritual.html(link is external)

ORGANIZATIONS

Urasenke school: http://www.urasenke.or.jp/texte/index.html(link is external)
Omotesenke school: http://www.omotesenke.com/english/index.html(link is external)
Mushakojisenke school (only Japanese): http://www.mushakouji-senke.or.jp/(link is external)
Urasenke Philadelphia: http://www.phillytea.org(link is external)
Urasenke Boston: http://www.urasenkeboston.org(link is external)

Material Sources

SWEETS

Japan Wagashi Association (Japanese only): http://www.wagashi.or.jp(link is external)
Millieme (dry and main sweets, some English): http://www.millieme.jp(link is external)
Baikodo (dry sweets, some English): http://www.wasanbon-shop.com(link is external)

TEA

Ippodo (English): http://shop.ippodo-tea.co.jp/kyoto/shopf(link is external)
Itoen (English): http://www.itoen.com/loose-leaf/matcha(link is external)
Sankyuen (Japanese only): http://www.sankyuen.jp/index.html(link is external)

UTENSILS

Tea bowls: http://guerreroceramics.com(link is external)