著者

田村 妙子

出版者

東洋大学大学院

雑誌

東洋大学大学院紀要 = Bulletin of the Graduate School, Toyo University (ISSN:02890445)

巻号頁・発行日

no.55, pp.23-37, 2019-03

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In ancient times, the tea ceremony(kissa), as represented in the imperial family's seasonal religious ritual of kinomidokyo, involved partaking of tea(hikicha)and then after the religious ritual, serving tea(secha)to monks and the imperial household. The religious and ceremonial element of the tea ceremony in kinomidokyo continued into the tea culture of the Middle Ages.This article considers the actual role of the tea ceremony before it achieved the medieval simplicity for which it is well known. Reference is made to such ancient codes of behavior as the Saikyuki(10C), and for games around the tea ceremony to later records in the Moromoriki(14C).These materials demonstrate how tea-related practices in the kinomidokyo both persisted and evolved over time. It can be seen how the development of the tea ceremony as a pastime, including games involving tea(chashobu)popular with the imperial family, supported the tea ceremony in achieving its status in medieval Japanese culture.