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Tea Ceremony
SENSEI of Japanese Culture / Tea Ceremony
Kizu Sousen SENSEI
Kizu Sousen is the current head of Bokushin-an Kizu-ke, a tea family established over 200 years ago within the tradition of Sen no Rikyū and the Mushanokōji Senke school.
Inheriting this lineage in 2013, he continues to preserve and share the spirit of chanoyu as a living expression of Japanese culture.
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Chashitsu Architecture
SENSEI of Japanese Architecture
Kuniji Tsubaki SENSEI
Kuniji Tsubaki is a Japanese tea room architect and tea master renowned for his deep expertise in traditional Japanese architecture and tea culture.
Through decades of research, design, and craftsmanship, he has dedicated his career to preserving and transmitting the principles of authentic Japanese spatial design.
He is widely regarded as one of the rare contemporary architects capable of interpreting and creating tea spaces in accordance with the highest standards of Japanese architectural tradition.
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Japan Tea
SENSEI of Japan Tea
Ako Yoshino SENSEI
A Japan Tea researcher and lecturer at Shizuoka University, offering a quiet, grounded perspective that reveals the deeper essence of tea through place, culture, and lived experience.
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Noh
SENSEI of Noh
Shinya Kobayashi SENSEI
He first entered the world of the traditional performing art "Noh" at the age of five.
He has continued his training for over 40 years and is now active as one of Japan's leading Noh performers.
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Heian - Hiragana
SENSEI for Hiragana Caligraphy
Keiko Minoura SENSEI
She is one of the few calligraphers in modern Japan who has revived "HEIAN-hiragana", a character that was first used in WAKA poetry during the Heian period, over 1,000 years ago, as an Art.
She has been practicing calligraphy for 50 years.