A Study on Changes of Japanese Tea Ceremony
in Meiji period
Eun Jwa Cho
Department of History, The Graduate School,
Pukyong National University
Abstract
Even though teas are widely known to all over the world, Japan is the mostly...
A Study on Changes of Japanese Tea Ceremony
in Meiji period
Eun Jwa Cho
Department of History, The Graduate School,
Pukyong National University
Abstract
Even though teas are widely known to all over the world, Japan is the mostly influenced country by tea in the aspect of the way of their lives not only mentally, but culturally. The Japanese have made a fixed form and procedure of offering and drinking tea, and they've made their own tea tool making procedure as a creative activity and a way of mental culturing by standardizing their own form of production for tea tools.
This paper proposed a historical flow about the change and development of tea ceremony since it had been passed down to Japan from ancient time. In addition, it analyzes how the ceremony what had been an exclusive property for men and the ruling caste since Edo period spread out to the majority of people of Japan, and examines the reasons why the dissemination of tea ceremony was especially fast on Japanese women.
This paper investigated how a phenomenon of rising opportunities of education for female and rising number of female tea ceremony user with modernization in Meiji period affects Japan's modern developments, and it presented the phenomenon's historical meaning. In addition, it examined about how the ceremony which was one of symbols of Japanese identity and the beauty of Japan was related with mental training of modern imperialism, and looked into the goal of civic education and the education of women what Meiji government tried to achieve.
After Muromachi period, when is actual start of tea ceremony, the proportion of men to women ratio rate was very high in the ruling caste like warriors, nobles, monks, and rich farmers and merchants such as Sen no Rikyū, Oda Nobunaga, and Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
Before the Edo period, tea ceremony was an exclusive property for men, However, nowadays, most of people who learn or teach tea ceremony are women. The ceremony, as it had been handed from ancient China where the culture of noble had been dominant, was a meaning of culture and social status while it is now just a hobby to practice manners of women. The place where the ceremony had been done was a stage of exchange and also a negotiation place affecting the fate.
After that, as modern capitalism had rapidly developed because of westernization police of Meiji period, Japanese society became more active. As the tendency of admiring western culture what had overwhelming technology and military power was getting higher, there was a hard time of keeping social values at a respectful distance, but the trend of introducing tea ceremony to school education as a cultural studies for women by new industrialists was natural outcome.
Education for women seems like the result of education to step forward toward a cultural country, but it was actually one of national mind training making women as good wives and wise mothers to train faithful citizen of Japanese emperor. In Meiji period, education for men and women together started to be suggested for social equality, but actually the own purpose of education for women was for cultivation of virtue to maintain their family system.
This paper tried to analyze and consider the study about the background and process of formation why the tea ceremony which had been considered as a men culture and developed by them changed their target to women, and the details and roles of introducing the ceremony to education for women.
A Study on Changes of Japanese Tea Ceremony
in Meiji period
Eun Jwa Cho
Department of History, The Graduate School,
Pukyong National University
Abstract
Even though teas are widely known to all over the world, Japan is the mostly influenced country by tea in the aspect of the way of their lives not only mentally, but culturally. The Japanese have made a fixed form and procedure of offering and drinking tea, and they've made their own tea tool making procedure as a creative activity and a way of mental culturing by standardizing their own form of production for tea tools.
This paper proposed a historical flow about the change and development of tea ceremony since it had been passed down to Japan from ancient time. In addition, it analyzes how the ceremony what had been an exclusive property for men and the ruling caste since Edo period spread out to the majority of people of Japan, and examines the reasons why the dissemination of tea ceremony was especially fast on Japanese women.
This paper investigated how a phenomenon of rising opportunities of education for female and rising number of female tea ceremony user with modernization in Meiji period affects Japan's modern developments, and it presented the phenomenon's historical meaning. In addition, it examined about how the ceremony which was one of symbols of Japanese identity and the beauty of Japan was related with mental training of modern imperialism, and looked into the goal of civic education and the education of women what Meiji government tried to achieve.
After Muromachi period, when is actual start of tea ceremony, the proportion of men to women ratio rate was very high in the ruling caste like warriors, nobles, monks, and rich farmers and merchants such as Sen no Rikyū, Oda Nobunaga, and Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
Before the Edo period, tea ceremony was an exclusive property for men, However, nowadays, most of people who learn or teach tea ceremony are women. The ceremony, as it had been handed from ancient China where the culture of noble had been dominant, was a meaning of culture and social status while it is now just a hobby to practice manners of women. The place where the ceremony had been done was a stage of exchange and also a negotiation place affecting the fate.
After that, as modern capitalism had rapidly developed because of westernization police of Meiji period, Japanese society became more active. As the tendency of admiring western culture what had overwhelming technology and military power was getting higher, there was a hard time of keeping social values at a respectful distance, but the trend of introducing tea ceremony to school education as a cultural studies for women by new industrialists was natural outcome.
Education for women seems like the result of education to step forward toward a cultural country, but it was actually one of national mind training making women as good wives and wise mothers to train faithful citizen of Japanese emperor. In Meiji period, education for men and women together started to be suggested for social equality, but actually the own purpose of education for women was for cultivation of virtue to maintain their family system.
This paper tried to analyze and consider the study about the background and process of formation why the tea ceremony which had been considered as a men culture and developed by them changed their target to women, and the details and roles of introducing the ceremony to education for women.
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