1. Japanese Tea Bowl
Chawan

2. Drinking of green tea was known in China from the fourth century.
Tea plants didn’t grow in Japan until the first seeds were brought from China during the Tang dynasty (China ), when relations and cultural exchanges between the two countries reached a peak.

3. During the Nara period (Japan ) tea plants were grown in Japan and mainly consumed by priests and noblemen as medicine.

4.  In 1187 Myoan Eisai, a Japanese priest, traveled to China to study philosophy and religion. When he came back, he became the founder of Zen Buddhism and build the first temple of the Rinzai sect.
It is said that he was the first one to cultivate tea for religious purposes, unlike others before him who grew tea for medicinal use only.

5. Clay Construction Techniques
Pinch
Coil
Slab
Wheel
Pencil Thickness!!!

7. Japanese Tea Bowl

18. Design
Draw 3 different shapes of tea bowls.
Include name, symbols, description

21. 8oz of white/ 8oz of red
Or 16oz of one

22. Place name on the bottom

23. The guiding philosophy of the tea ceremony rests on these principles:
 Wa - Harmony
Kei – Respect
Sei – Purity
Jaku - Serenity. -
Zen Buddhism