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Particpants in the Japanese tea ceremony at the home of Reverend and Mrs. Gyomay M. Kubose, Chicago, Illinois
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Film negative frame numbers, descriptions: 0-8, participants in Japanese tea ceremony at home of Rev. Gyomay M. Kubose and his wife Mine ("Minnie") Somi Kubosi, 4645 N. Racine, Chicago include Mrs. Sobi M. Kubose, Ms. Peggy N. Tokimoto, Ms. Joyce Kubose Evans (Joyce Kubose); 9-12, Rev. Gyomay M. Kubose on left; 12-16, Kubose family; 17-22, Ms. Peggy N. Tokimoto, Ms. Joyce Kubose Evans (Joyce Kubose); 23-31, Mrs. Kubose making tea (the fieldworker's notes, based on interviews, indicates that 23 and 24 are incorrect moves); 32-36, Joyce Kubose Evans putting on sash with help from Ms. Tokimoto.
The Japanese tea ceremony is preparing, serving, and drinking tea in a ritualistic and ceremonial way where it is used to promote wellbeing, mindfulness, and harmony. The tea itself is a powdered green tea called matcha. The purpose of the Japanese tea ceremony is to create bonding between the host and guest and also gain inner peace. The tea ceremony is very important in Japanese culture because it used to be practiced only by the elite zen monks and noble warlords for most of history.
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