| The living art of Chado brings together many aspects of traditional and contemporary Japanese culture guided by the ethical-aesthetic principle of wabi, including literature, thought, religion and art. Wabi is expressed in the ethical values of modesty, restraint, sincerity and accord and in the aesthetic that favors asymmetry, austerity and rusticity. The discipline of Tea, which begins with preparing, serving and receiving tea, integrates body, mind and spirit with the values of wabi to provide a pattern for living that is fresh and vital. The core of our mission is to transmit the living art of Chado. We offer a curriculum of study to Tea enthusiasts of all experience levels, as well as instruction to University of Washington students through the Chado class offered at the Seattle campus fall and winter quarters and the Bothell campus spring quarter. We welcome everyone with a sincere desire to study Chado as a means to realize the principles of harmony, respect, purity and tranquility. |
| urasenke foundation seattle branch |
| THE STUDY OF TEA |
| Transmitting the living art of Chado, the Way of Tea, to affirm our shared humanity through harmony, respect, purity and tranquility. |
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