030160EA-0106-2005

Nonverbal
Communication in Tea
Ceremonies
HORIKOSHI Takashi
堀越嵩史
Intercultural Communication EA
Fall Semester AY 2004
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Chadō, the Way of Tea
 The
Tea Plant - originated in the
mountainous region of southern Asia.
 Táng (唐) dynasty of China (618-907)
Japan, SEN Rikyū (千利休), the 16thcentury tea master perfected the Way of
Tea.
 In
(http://www.urasenke.or.jp/texte/chado/chado1.html)
(http://www.urasenke.or.jp/texte/chado/chado2.html)
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The Simplified Flow
 Greet
at the Waiting Room
 Wait at the Waiting Bench in Garden
 Enter the Tea Room
 Have Sweets and Tea
 Go out of the Tea Room
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Wait at the Waiting Bench in
Garden
 By
ringing a gong
bell, the owner
notifies guests to
come in the tea
room.
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Enter the Tea Room
The Main Guest
 The Second Guest
…
 The Last Guest


The last guest must
close the fusuma (襖)
door with sound.
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Sounds in Tea Ceremonies
Scrape Foots on
Tatami (畳) Mats
 Pour Water
 Make Tea


Conversation
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Serve Sweets
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Sounds in Tea Ceremonies

Scrape Foots on
Tatami (畳) Mats
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Serve Sweets and Tea

A Bow
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Sounds in Tea Ceremonies

Clean Tools by
Fukusa (帛紗) Cloth
and Water
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Sounds in Tea Ceremonies

Pour Water

When pour water into
the tea bowl, owner
makes sound of
flowing water.
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Sounds in Tea Ceremonies

Make Tea by Chasen
(茶筅) then Serve Tea
(http://www.urasenke.or.jp/textb/
beginer/dougu.html)
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What does tea give us?
 A Rest
from Daily Life
 Teatime - comfortable time for everyone.
 Encourages Communication
 My
Encounter with the Way of Tea
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Traditional Culture
 High
Context Culture
 Learning traditional culture helps you to
understand the way of thinking in that
country.
 It is also good international communication
to learn your own culture with friends from
all over the world.
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Chinese Character “茶”

茶 - (Green) Tea
Use of Chinese
Characters
 Pronunciations of
Chinese Characters

Chinese
chá
(Mandarine) (茶)
Korean
cha
(차)
Vietnamese trà
Japanese
cha
(茶ちゃ)
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Tea, the English Word
 The
English word “tea”
from Dutch “thee”
from Malay “teh”
from Chinese (Amoy) “te”
 My Vietnamese teacher Thầy Nguyễn Văn
Huệ said that the spellings of “tea” in each
language are very similar.
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Chadō to the World
Chadō organizations
try to spread the Way
of Tea over the world,
 Promote peace and
international
understanding.

UN Millennium Summit
(http://www.urasenke.or.jp/textm/
headq/soke/visit/visit016/
visit016.html)
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Korea-Japan Summit (Dec. 2004)
ROH Moo-hyun
(盧武鉉 노무현)
 KOIZUMI Jun’ichirou
(小泉純一郎)
 Grand Master
SEN Sōshitsu XVI
(千宗室)

(http://www.urasenke.or.jp/textm/
headq/soke/guest/guest044/
guest044.html)
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Korea-Japan Summit (Dec. 2004)
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Conclusion
The Importance of
Nonverbal
Communication
 Gateway to the
Japanese Cultures
 Tea as a
Communication Tool
 Is it promote peace?

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Reference
 MATSUI
S. (2003). Sadō Nyūmon
(Introduction to the Way of Tea). Tōkyō:
Seibidō.
 Special
Thanks to:
Tea Ceremony Club, APU
大神公明 Sensei (先生)
Thầy Nguyễn Văn Huệ
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The Effectiveness of Oral Human
Communications
 Dr. Albert
Mehrabian
 7% of meaning is derived from the words
that are spoken
 38% of meaning is derived from
paralinguistic gestures (intonation, body
gesticulation, etc.)
 55% of meaning is derived from facial
expression
(http://www.actstream.com/aboutUs.html)
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