Chikamatsu Shigenori
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, warrior and tea ceremony
enthusiast, was born in Owari Province
(now called Aichi-ken) in 1695. His father, Chikamatsu Shigekiyo, was a retainer of the Tokugawa clan.
Chikamatsu was best known as a writer and his output included one hundred books on military matters. He is perhaps best remembered, however, for his writing on chanoyu or the Japanese tea ceremony
. He completed a text entitled Chanoyu Kojidan (Legends of the Tea Ceremony) by 1739. The book was not yet published at the time of his death in 1778. A number of the stories from this text were selected and posthumously published in 1804 as Chaso Kanwa (Stories from a Tearoom Window).
Chikamatsu was known by several other names (this was historically a common Japanese practice) including Hikonoshin, Nankai, and Nogenshi, and Chikamatsu Hikonoshin Fujiwara Shigenori.
Tea ceremony
A tea ceremony is a ritualised form of making tea. The term generally refers to either chayi Chinese tea ceremony, chado Japanese tea ceremony, tarye Korean tea ceremony. The Japanese tea ceremony is more well known, and was influenced by the Chinese tea ceremony during ancient and medieval times....
enthusiast, was born in Owari Province
Owari Province
was an old province of Japan that is now the western half of present day Aichi Prefecture, including much of modern Nagoya. Its abbreviation is Bishū .-History:The province was created in 646....
(now called Aichi-ken) in 1695. His father, Chikamatsu Shigekiyo, was a retainer of the Tokugawa clan.
Chikamatsu was best known as a writer and his output included one hundred books on military matters. He is perhaps best remembered, however, for his writing on chanoyu or the Japanese tea ceremony
Japanese tea ceremony
The Japanese tea ceremony, also called the Way of Tea, is a Japanese cultural activity involving the ceremonial preparation and presentation of matcha, powdered green tea. In Japanese, it is called . The manner in which it is performed, or the art of its performance, is called...
. He completed a text entitled Chanoyu Kojidan (Legends of the Tea Ceremony) by 1739. The book was not yet published at the time of his death in 1778. A number of the stories from this text were selected and posthumously published in 1804 as Chaso Kanwa (Stories from a Tearoom Window).
Chikamatsu was known by several other names (this was historically a common Japanese practice) including Hikonoshin, Nankai, and Nogenshi, and Chikamatsu Hikonoshin Fujiwara Shigenori.