Wabi

• Wabi-Sabi for artist and designers ***author Leonard Koren. If you are really interested in Wabi by his book! Then you will see who everybody on the net is cribbing (only usually not as well)
• Culture of Simplicity ***article by Leonard Koren
• What is Wabi Sabi?
• Embassy of Japan in Nepal very short concise explaination
• Wabi and Sabi: the Aesthetics of Solitude
• Wabi Aesethics general article about teaism and ceramics
• An Imperfect Beauty Essay on Wabi
• Wabi, Sabi and Shibui has some good quotes
• Austere Wabi to Golden Wabi pdf from asian studies review
• Psychological Aspects of the Way of Tea
• In Praise of Shadows
• Raku and the Meaning of Wabi Sabi
• haughey.com - Wabi Sabi
• Traditional Crafts in Kansai
• Wabi-Sabi (The Japanese Way) essay about how wabi-sabi in a sociological context

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Sen Rikyu (1522-1591)

• Tea as History
• Rikyu Hyakushu "One Hundred Poems"
• The Japanese Tea Garden in Golden Gate Park, ... more verses by Rikyu
• Resource Library: Sen no Rikyu
• Concept and Technique of Expression
• Zen Koans - AshidaKim.com
• Japanese Potter - Tsujimura Shiro, Black Chaw.. about Rikyu's favorite teabowl
• hashi and hashioki Ultracool page on chopsticks, shows examples of different chopstick designs;including those made by Sen Rikyu. He made fresh chops from new wood before each ceremony so guest could enjoy its aroma

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Proust and French Culture

• Marcel Proust
• Why Proust? And Why Now?
• Marcel Proust Letters, Articles, Translations
• Paris France this city paris

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Tea Utensils

• Tea in Japan List of utensils with some photos
• Tea Ceremony Utensils List of terms with diagrams to name parts in Japanese
• Tea Bowl Masterworks Exhibition
• Rufford - History and Essays History of Raku
• Hori-dashi Teabowls
• Tebineri Teabowls
• Tea Bowls
• Asia Society: Japanese Art - Water Jar
• Asia Society: Fire over Earth - Ceramics from the permanent collection..
• Want ... **All about charcoal
• Tea ceremony new year's tea ceremony gatherin... About arranging charcoal for fire
• Holy Mountain's Tea Accessories Interesting history of tea caddies
• TEA CEREMONY KETTLE
• Asia Society - Arts & Culture Basket making and tea ceremony
• National Museum of Ethnology : Special Exhibit... Exhibition about wrapping as an artform
• Washi-The "orikata" of Japanese wrapping About art of wrapping with paper
• Wrapping or Tsutsumu in Japanese Culture More about about wrapping

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Teahouses

• A Tea House in Kyoto ****Very cool with quicktime movie
• Designing a Tea House overview of traditional design for a tea house
• Japanese Architecture in KYOTO
• Japanese Architecture
• the art of japan: architecture: tea rooms
• yinyang

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Tea Gardens

• The Japanese Tea Garden in Golden Gate Park, ... Virtual walk through the Golden Gate Japanese garden in California
• Ritsurin Koen, a Japanese Garden A garden in Japan
• gardens general page on Japanese Gardens
• Historical Gardens in Japan
• Introduction to Japanese Stone Lantern. Roman...
• Moss Acres: Americanized Japanese Garden, NC Yes, a place to buy moss to start you own moss garden cool yeh

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The New Way of Tea

The Way of Tea Exhibit... ***Fantastic exhibit at the Asia Society in New York
Fallen Tower and the art of TEA essay by Japanese artist
artnet.com Magazine Reviews - Tea with Mariko

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Eternity - JAPAN - Q&A about Japan (very basic)

SENGOKU-EXPO MENU It may not look like it from the simple text menu but a great site with lots of interesting pictures and history from the Japanese Warring States Period when the tea ceremony was largely developed

Illustrated "Look into Japan"

Geneva Library Japan Series links

Soul and Beauty of Japan online exhibition of Japanese art

Viewing Japanese Prints (J. Fiorillo) Interesting site about Japanese Prints

...the_haiku_moment.html Cool page about haiku - japanese and american

TOKUGAWA ART MUSEUM

Two Wheels of Japan essay by a traditional Japanese artist. I like the essay but hat the silly moments you can't stop

HistJPR page with all the names and dates for different periods in Japanese history

Lonely Planet -Japan Map map of Japan - always useful

Makoto HATORI essay by traditional potter about Zen