Tea Ceremony depicts the meditative ritual of chado with the same careful observation Kasamatsu brought to his landscapes. As a figurative and cultural subject likely from his Unsodo period, standard editions sell for $200-$600. This print appeals to collectors who practice or appreciate the tea ceremony tradition, broadening its audience beyond the typical landscape print market.
A tea ceremony unfolds in deliberate stillness — the tatami room, the selected utensils, the whisked tea, the interval of shared silence — captured by Kasamatsu as a complete aesthetic system in which every object and gesture carries meaning. The tea ceremony (chado) was among the most formalized of Japanese artistic practices, its prescribed movements developed by Sen no Rikyu in the sixteenth century into a philosophy of wabi aesthetics. Kasamatsu's depiction treats the ceremony as a subject of ritual beauty rather than social documentation.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Tea Ceremony was created by Shiro Kasamatsu (笠松紫浪).
Tea Ceremony uses Bokashi, Nishiki-e, and Moku-hanga, on woodblock print.
Tea Ceremony was published by Watanabe Shozaburo.
Tea Ceremony depicts food & drink.
