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SEN»0 TANAKA: T腿、TEA . jyaれ.U is true that any author CBREMO>nr. <Ko<Uiuh* Interna- confronting the subject works
under a邻verehan诖k;iip, nairte-
iy 'もhe' .presence ,,t this':field.. of: ifcinasterpiec& nwir!y 70 years old(but yi)加gぉ3きr!): the Boole of Tea )by Te—in Okaku-ra> This wOii^ of which new editions appear at lgv"マseasoん grips the Tesailer; with the pow-er of gieniu^' Qil the othもr hi^id TeiishiiV iきiiot mucJi iiiter兮?ted in technicaldゅils, tie is weak on historicaldゅ,on pedigrre^s, 々ii .preciミe • instruct ions.
There is always place for a gpod; coirtpaniひn to iTenshin,slit-はe took/ ProちAX. Sadler pub-M8hei<i a very comp^tenttreati-3eonctia-no-yu,iii1站3; a Hey? editi, of woぉk appeared 加tlong a?d (19納.The text was padked 、v沐h information, but. the pictui.es were rather poor.
Now Kodansha InternaUoiml presents us 、Vれh a >ook which combines a text of high quality by Sen,o Tanaka with a set of superb photogi在p"hs byTakeshi Nisiiika、va.' This is a book which should be welcoined not only by those who are enamored with ««) withi)erverteもblack mass, the Tea Ceremony itseぱ,with Blood is nひmo re the colored iぉancmary arts, but by the
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A Japan— fHend once asked me how be shoiild goねl)oUゃUn-
ath the qi)n^usion of itsouiward si^rface. I tol《ぉm:卑tudy giri^nd
hi&keぉvも》quarrel,buy, sell,eil-fira" in politics "ばtliey ,ヌej:e p鄉さtゅily acting肌the operg ーne. M卿,sopera "ired, Ca-th*&lai^d theaterぉte two ma-itv spiritualfoc,s in厕ny fa-mo加Italian cities (Riilan; Duo-jno在ndla3cala; Venice, St. Mark's andla Fenice).
Thゃundoubted spellMussoH-ni heldゃver milUons of Italians for in any yews was due to his instinctiy6 uriaerstaiuiinぉof this point;tKeJ country was provided with grahdoipeifi am I high miss amimlthe dock,FもlHni,s films tap the幼me springs in & modem vein. As for the mafia it comb inおopera (tragic or bou"
water of stage propertiedl?ut th6 realthiij;^; the secrecy and whispering of confess ion 多Is seeps into tiie veryなbrie oflife.
Do atiy such archetypalinみi-tutions exist in J a i>fin? I mean insUtuUoiis,which, h.ave been no-urished in their (levelopm印t by fundamentalforces of the Japanese sou!, a"d which influence throughカomるニ sort of irradiation importanftォaKi^ts of Japaneselife ? Most j^os汰ively yぉ! One polarity are the arts of cha-no'-yu (the-so-called "Tea Ceremony"), the othe/ are matsuri, sidnto fーivalsづThe first act as an axis of feerence for the Japanese worship of restraint and peifection, (J ceremony卯d rituii, ofsuWii^ taste and re-fii^ent; the s^nd attract and
ffel*ent|l)ut c6mi>lei;neiitary; Ja-panesevi"lはy; J&panese】<>ve for this juicy Typrld, with Uspも-lors, n^se, abundance, fertility, youth, with it infinite c&|>acUy of best<i<wing鄉ぉh七on hリmans 一bc、沐only f6r a sh imhie ring instant.
Aぉr粹\yra|>3 up a tspe re-wftder on ih"6unter of a dep-ai^e妙—,re々Here ia cha-n<K yu in paper, ca"boai^もcolored "ri叱x)la^icヽfoam, gestures, smiles. The Gin2a at night ? He-おis matsKi^勿the square mile in r»€onlijgiits, oar?, hostesses' Bushi,雄ke, canned niusic, while thelast 、l|ikaJibtiU€t :ti«ijv— comes in f^^:<06akft slklbi:^^
uterized, dA^oirfiTiiぉlk"i pa, Umquin
p»Uhjr p"(^ for tW '1bo uts of
Studぉtsi revolt confronting )lke鹏n? Shields, helmets, ge»
"ni: through Hiestreeね,
volution as cere^nony an^ pafi^im festivalin one.
Any good book on the ' Tea Ceremony mo art therefo"l>e hi-豕Wy welcome• R«*<J«ts shouW not confront it as站esotedc tre» •Use on MM recomiite subject StipeTficiaUy that m氨y be tfae rif)it dssifkstion, in mlHy沐 offers ft key open Inr Mer«t ]»s>
vasterlegioin of those who are interested in the civilization of Japan as such, in its sti'ange, baffling, mQinentous, sometimes i她erious.:im:pact'on the m'CKiern
Sen,o Tanaka speaks with the authority of & tea master who is alsopresid邻t of .the .Dai Nippon C^ado Gakkai (Japanese T«a Ceremony Society). This spedal'position, ofネhe: .auゅOT bringrs i>otli advantages and disadvantages to the book, T4ie main disadvantage is a style consistently objective factual in a field where subtlety, sensitivity ii^:nuendows .are as necessary as mists in a Japanese landscape paint,ng. —Page—:まe:t page the text readslike a Whi-t^Bookontheゃiturひof Tea pui)lisiie《by the B咖rtmenも《oi^ Refinement aMEleg^nc^ of a Ministry of Rites. 9 he is f a rely relieved bダthoughts taking、 ale-, ゆbey<m^ the steppi^ig stone's 、vh,:chlead along tlie r邻由r jun-ro — the "proper way" around cur subject.
On Uie other hand therear^ many advantage is too — some quiteutiexp&tedl"he reader mu^t wait tillh各rcache?s the finalpages ofゅe"ConV:iusion', to app?:eciate.thein fuUy. Mr. ^fa^ paka i^s^s his posi"on of authority in thりieid to ex pre^ with a dm irable CO urage and cla-气 ty: his views, H^ese correspQnd» 1:ゅir0^wit^ゆ、ge i mine iinp;>&7 ftsions^c^ ii^tもreまers who have ha4k Mythk^ to w烛
H^^^ishb,list : Japan h aきrecently Dikade remarkable advancゃboth in tlie economic! and s<ii^ntific sectors 一Sen,o Tanaka says ~~ but this profi^ress Kas not been carried intoれe resiim of the tea ceremony. On th^ contrary, the purity and simplicity of the art has diminished since commerdji-lism has crept into the ancient skill."Further on he idds: "Tea tod&y is only popular among women, who regard its study as a nec«ssary awet for marri-
gentljr wilting beetmse of the' heat,,在iting • jtheir turh to entei" a crowd^ tek room, eome 、 ii;ninediately amidU—ressirtgly to one,b m咖ory. Chop in used to be tortured on intiumemble Vic-torianpミaれos勿the clー3y fingers of "VVes1;iBm daitisels, me-sdemoisell朋,si乡norine^ Now cha-no-jm, •the noble epcex^se aえ poeぉ,lords; メrtぉts; heroes has descended t化theleVd of a brief season in the ptop" finishih^ school.1trieededcoーge and clear sight to站y邻s. Bravo MaekroTapaka! Thらauthor also lamゆis thatthei"もきrゃ"ぉw male students, mainly n<>ted bu-きirte&きmen,、yh0 pr^tぉe thきte^ cereriic^ny l>ecause it has become fashi<Enable to own汰't^a> house."
Sen,o Tfinal!:a is also very severe with the entire iemotosya-tem, which implies the ex iおrice of dぱfe;rentさchools, and t'heir offshoots each with its o切n a-'pひS tolie: suec卿ion of ■ masters and .an exclusiye.licensing.ひtga-!^i幼tion,. The iemoto helped .to, pre"rve the tradijbionalart, imt "it .alsoぶaused, the. tea Ce-.r柳(my to. beノ divided:'.' among' nvany schools. It had previously 'consistedカf one. body, of thought, with 'inte—ons of creating' 'bonds of harmりny among its parti-cipan", an.(^ it resulted lashes among the. different .'schools, に.,,
"It is most regret able: — ''the Auゃhor 'concludes.:— 'that' 'this attitude persis;ts today among •those who .are aniXous, 'r^Qt to pro細te the art, but to bringleading statesman and '1)1131116ぉ-men 'into their sc)iools .tひ'pi■<«note their fame. And unless these Commercialinterests are aban-.dひned, .the future of cha-no-yu-does not appeai* encouraging." "These Very words, however, seem to the present reviewer extremely もiic(Hiraぉng. They mean Sen,o Tail&ka is fully a\yare of tfee dangerous trends, this general detゃiiひrMion, and is trying to lead public opinion iひthe •rigl>t 'direction with alレthe weight c^f hi 51la me and his'authority.
The bo ok is wellorgranizwi. Th《piates have ext争iyゃno^s explainmg t"m ih "tail,there is a simillguide to some famous tea hou沐s in various parts of J在pa〜theie is an : illustrated glos3airy,thei"ケare chixmologi-calcMrisandゆindex. A ah6rt bibiiogriphy might have b^n jmother usdfuladjunct BooHs in WーeW1lai^guajre^ 6n cha-no-yu are no 仁many, and can be tracぉd easilめbyani^b0dywh0 is interest"^ iii the subject, but a briei?'1X9t;e giving information ■'&bou.t.' someゾoぇ'the..'major:Japiiii-esewoiics uld have offered manyひpeiUn,s to the re"er. Why not mention, for inst"nee, theSadoDaikeiトinきeven volu-recently put on ti\ei;nai'ket? The collectionおざull。f illustra--tions cHaT'ts, taliles r&produ(itio~. ns of historicaldocuments, and .foreign', —readers:'aV it!1a .nVinimum knowledge of written Japanese can find their way about veiy satisfactorily.
This raises a】£ist point. Tanaka,s text is rich in Japanese terminology, a fa" which gives many pages extrapreci-sicm arid depth. Words which somebody ideas peculiar to one dvilizatiiwi.cannot .'be translated into thelanguages of another. But why' are the Japanese worぉ only given in romaji? One often' feels the need to see the ideog-i^ap'hic 、spelling of tecliincaltei'-ms.-Kanji .'are 'not always -a-sひi,e ーde to etymology, but they can help alot. The ideogfaphic .equivalents should .have been •given atleW once,■• perhaps in the index., .Nowadays' the 'number of Westerners who read a modicum' of J'apanase is quite aston, ishinglylarge: 'few Japanese a-uthoi's and i>i;b"shers realize it yet.
Penally the bo ok is beauUfuUy produced. It is a pleasure to お福in one,s hands, to have a-.boutノin one,s .roひm,: liere a-noth6r,andunもxpec?ted,ゅ〗ect-lessonTevealiiigthe allpervading infhiもnce of Cha如("The Way of Tea") 0nj"i)anese tks-te. 、
Rows up011 ro»ws of pretty, or not so pretty girls, allin their
i由the very Jw(trt 6f J象-best kimono often aimoy^d, or
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But Mr. Suzuki shrugs it alloな and cashesおis checks♦
Brother Masato, who- acjts as ヌr. SuzuMV manager andbu-dness adviser, saM N0リ0 so far hasfive "exclu^ve" .ii)terVfews' t<i... n1ag:^2inぉ..'andノ れree on television,
Jap^ti,きkadinお1iteraゥma, g^2iれe, idlingd Shunju, said it paid Mr. SuzuH"ゃetw柳多17,-000せlid多34,000" forまillu^-
(9<nit from pas^ One):
i;ated article by him.
Dozeiis of new^ii冲er a.n<^ magazine .aftides. h3;Ve been. *\yrit, t印:'abp,ut .Mr. - Suzuki, .his seai^ch. for Mr. On0da and — for aJa-panese — his ratlier imusiu4li-feニstyle.
The ma^ circulatioit daily おnice i Shimbun published a lengthケきeTies contrasting the .personalities :o.f Mr.. OniO-dk -ゅd Sfr. Suzuld entitled "Youngsぉr and Warrior."
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