About Event
As part of the efforts to spread the enjoyment of tea ceremony to the greater Komatsu population, the 3 main schools of tea ceremony in Komatsu City take turns to host the Komatsu Public Tea Ceremony every year on Culture Day (3rd Nov).
This year’s ceremony will be held by the Omotesenke and Urasenke schools.
Benefit information
Free same day entry into the following museums : Komatsu City Museum, Miyamoto Saburo Art Museum, Honjin Memorial Art Museum, is offered to those who have purchased a tea ceremony ticket. Please present the ticket at the respective ticket counter to redeem.
The 21st Komatsu City Tea Ceremony – The first venue
| Dates | 2017年11月3日(金･祝) |
|---|---|
| Reception | Komatsu City Public Hall ／8:45～15:00 |
| Hours for Tea ceremony | 9:00～16:00 |
| How to join | 前売り券は、こまつふれあいショップぶっさんや（こまつ芸術劇場うらら内），大和小松ギフトショップ，小松市立博物館，本陣記念美術館，宮本三郎美術館，小松市文化創造課でご購入いただけます。市外の方につきましては、電話で受け付けいたします。当日券は、受付会場である小松市公会堂にて販売しておりますので、茶券をご購入の上、受付してください。 |
| Admission fee | Adult(Advance ticket) 1500 yen / (Today’s ticket) 2000 yen High school and younger students 1000 yen (Today’s ticket only) |
| Tea ceremony The first venue |
SENSO YASHIKI AND GEN-AN 〔Urasenke〕 http://www.city.komatsu.lg.jp/3353.htm |
| Address | 19,Marunouchikoen-machi, Komatsu, Ishikawa,923-0903 |
| Inquiry | TEL: 0761-24-8130 FAX: 0761-24-6404 bunkaka@city.komatsu.lg.jp |
The 21st Komatsu City Tea Ceremony – The second venue
| Dates | 2017年11月3日(金･祝) |
|---|---|
| Reception | Komatsu City Public Hall ／8:45～15:00 |
| Hours for Tea ceremony | 9:00～16:00 |
| How to join | 前売り券は、こまつふれあいショップぶっさんや（こまつ芸術劇場うらら内），大和小松ギフトショップ，小松市立博物館，本陣記念美術館，宮本三郎美術館，小松市文化創造課でご購入いただけます。市外の方につきましては、電話で受け付けいたします。当日券は、受付会場である小松市公会堂にて販売しておりますので、茶券をご購入の上、受付してください。 |
| Admission fee | Adult(Advance ticket) 1500 yen / (Today’s ticket) 2000 yen High school and younger students 1000 yen (Today’s ticket only) |
| Tea ceremony The second venue |
Komatsu civic gallery Reflet (Ritsurei seat / chair-style tea ceremony)〔Omotesenke〕 |
| Address | Marunouchi Kohencho 19 (KOMATSU CITY MUSEUM 1F) |
| Inquiry | ???第一と同じでしょうか？（日本語側にも記載無し） |
The Essence
Situated in Rojo Park in the old Komatsu castle grounds, the tea room was designed to reflect Soushitsu’s aesthetic in a modern setting, using Komatsu made roof tiles and tatami. The tea garden was made in the tradtional samurai house style.
Discoveries
The tea house was built in the tradtional, austere style by the famous construction company, Nakamura Sotoji. It features two tea rooms, a larger tatami room and the Gen’an which features many designs unique to the Urasenke school of tea ceremony. The adjacent tea garden is designed to reflect the notion of “nine mountains, eight seas”, a poetic expression used to refer to the world. It is said that the traditional stone washbasin found in the garden is an original artefact from the old Komatsu Castle.
Brief history
The fourth Senke clan head, Soshitsu Senso served the third lord of the Kaga domain, Toshitsune Maeda as his master of tea ceremony. When the lord took over Komatsu castle, Soshitsu was presented with a residence within the castle, a great honor in those days. Until Lord Toshitsune’s passing, Soshitsu instructed the ways of tea to everyone from high ranking retainers to commoners. He is considered a key figure in the building of tea culture in the Hokuriku region. In 1997, the Senso Yashiki and Gen’an Tea House was built in commemoration of the 300th anniversary of Soshitsu’s passing. For the past 100 years, a tea ceremony is held every month to celebrate the spirit of the tea.
Event history for Kogei
Ceremony in Appreciation of Tea Ceremony Artefact Donors (1997)
Honjin Memorial Art Museum Special Tea Ceremony Exhibit – Celebrating 10 Years of Establishment (2007)
Tea Ceremony in honor of Kutani Artist Yasokichi Tokuda the 3rd (2011)
Tea Ceremony in honor of Kutani Artist Isokichi Asakura the 2nd (2012)
The Beauty of Kutani – Commerative Tea Ceremony (2014)