Chado - The Way of Tea is a Japanese art form also known as Tea Ceremony in English. This web site is an attempt to make an English encyclopedia for Chado/Chanoyu. Urasenke is the largest school of Chanoyu; therefore, information about Urasenke's tea tradition is the default for this page. Information about other schools should be marked as such.
We believe that Chado can not be learned from books or through the Internet; it must be learned from a teacher. The purpose of this page is not to teach new students about the way, but to supply material that can be studied in addition to regular Keiko.
If you have any problems or suggestions, please contact us <wiki@chado.no>.
News
A google group for discussing Urasenke tea has been established, I hope you all will participate there. You can find it at: http://groups.google.com/group/chado-way-of-tea/
Interesting Pages
Chaji - Tea gathering.
CategoryDogu - Tea utensils.
Books about the way of tea in English.
GreenBooks a listing of where to find the different temaes in the green books.
ChanoyuQuarterly a listing of where to find the different temaes in chanoyu quarterly.
Gomei - Poetic names.
San Senke - Three Senke schools of Chanoyu.
Links - Other web pages about tea.
Talk - Communicate with other users of this wiki.
Photo Request - Images that the wiki need.
It is very easy to contribute information or correct any faulty information you might find on these pages. Click here to learn how. If you have any text about Chado or related topics, and you wish to share it, please feel free to send it to us by email <wiki@chado.no>. Have a look at the ToDo page to get an idea of what we are hoping to improve.