Kabuki tea - Kabuki tea

Japanese: カブキ（傾）茶 - かぶきちゃ

...A noun derived from the conjunctive form of the verb kabuku, which means to tilt or bend. It was popular from the Azuchi-Momoyama period to the early Edo period as a word meaning something that is not normal, selfish behavior, extremely flashy and unusual clothing or clothes, or something that exudes a sexually conscious atmosphere. Just as the word basara was popular among the people as a word indicating a unique aesthetic sense, mainly during the turbulent period of the Northern and Southern Courts, this word was also popular as a unique catchphrase that succinctly describes the atmosphere of the turbulent times when the conflicts of the Warring States period were gradually leading to a time of unification under the nation.

From "Tea Battle"

…In addition to the above, there are other types of tea contests, such as “Two Types, Four Infusions,” “Three Types of Fishing Tea,” “Four Seasons Tea,” “Six Colors Tea,” “Genji Tea,” “Keizu Tea,” and “Seven Places Challenge.” Tea contests began to decline in the middle of the Muromachi period, and their remnants were carried over into the Edo period and called “Kabuki Tea.” However, when the “Senke Shichijishiki” was devised in the middle of the period to hone the spirit and technique of the tea ceremony, it was taken up as “Cha Kabuki” to train the sense of taste, and has continued to this day. [Tsutsui Koichi]…

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Kabuki tea" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…かたむく，かたぶくことを表す動詞傾（かぶ）くの連用形からできた名詞。正常ではないようす，勝手気ままな言動，とびきりはでで異様な感じをひとに与える身なり･服飾，また色好みの気風を漂わせるもの等々を意味することばとして，安土桃山時代から江戸時代初期にかけて流行した。あたかも〈ばさら〉の語が南北朝動乱期を中心としつつ，独自の美意識をしめす語として巷間に流布したように，この語もやはり戦国の争乱がしだいに天下一統の世へとおもむいた激動の時代の風潮を端的にいい表す独特の流行語としてもてはやされたといえるであろう。…

【闘茶】より

…闘茶の種類は以上のほかに〈二種四服〉〈三種釣茶〉〈四季々茶〉〈六色茶〉〈源氏茶〉〈系図茶〉〈七所勝負〉などの名があげられる。闘茶は室町時代中ごろから衰えはじめ，残滓として江戸時代にもうけつがれ〈カブキ茶〉といわれていたが，中ごろに茶道の心技錬磨のために〈千家七事式〉が考案されるや，味覚の修練に〈茶カブキ〉として取り上げられ，今日に至っている。【筒井紘一】。…

※「カブキ（傾）茶」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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