Blue-ground senchadō tea service mat (chagujoku) decorated with white circles, late 19th-early 20th century
Unknown Japaneseexpand_more
Cloth: paper; shibori (tie-dyeing), indigo dyeexpand_more
The John R. Van Derlip Fund and the Mary Griggs Burke Endowment Fund established by the Mary Livingston Griggs and Mary Griggs Burke Foundation; purchase from the Thomas Murray Collectionexpand_more 2019.20.63.1
Not on Viewexpand_more
Material and technique: Mulberry paper and tie-dyeing (shibori)
This example of indigo-dyed paper features large circles created by kumo shibori, literally spider tie-dye, a technique that produces the spider web–like circles with radiating lines striped of white. It is a special type of mat (chagujoku or sagujoku) placed underneath tea utensils and charcoal braziers when serving sencha, a loose-leaf green tea, in a ritual (senchadō). Introduced from China by the Zen monk Ingen Ryūki (1592–1673) and popular in Japan by 1800, senchadō is a way of tea appreciation and social activity. During the ritual, the host would lay the utensils on a mat, which functioned not only as protection but also as an object for contemplation.
Details
- Title
- Blue-ground senchadō tea service mat (chagujoku) decorated with white circles
- Role
- Maker
- Accession Number
- 2019.20.63.1
- Provenance
- Jack Lenor Larsen
- Catalogue Raisonne
- Murray et al. 2018, pl. 49
- Curator Approved
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