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The reconstructed gilded tea room of Fushimi Castle, Kyoto. The castle and tea room was originally built by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the military leader of Japan from 1582-1598 CE.

Matcha, the powdered green tea used in the traditional Japanese tea ceremony.

Boston Tea Party, 16 December 1773, hand-colored lithograph by Nathaniel Currier, 1846. Springfield Museums, Springfield, MA.

A traditional Japanese tea room with tatami matting, caligraphy hanging scroll and a single vase of flowers. The hearth is set into the floor on the left.

Left: A Chinese tea bowl of black glazed stone ware, Song Dynasty, 960-1279 CE. Right: A Chinese lacquered bowl stand, Yuan Dynasty, 13th century CE. (British Museum, London)

The essential implements of the chanoyu or Japanese tea ceremony.

A traditional bamboo whisk (chasen) and bowl (chawan) used in the Japanese tea ceremony.

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