Offering tea - Kencha

Japanese: 献茶 - けんちゃ
Offering tea - Kencha

There are two ways of thinking about offering tea. Until the Edo period, offering tea to nobles was called kencha. It originated in 815 (Kōnin 6) when Daisōzu Nagatada offered tea to Emperor Saga during his visit to Bonshakuji Temple in Karasaki, Omi (Otsu City, Shiga Prefecture) (Nihon Kōki). Later, in 1585 (Tenshō 13), Toyotomi Hideyoshi held a tea ceremony in the Imperial Palace to celebrate his appointment as regent and offered tea to Emperor Ogimachi, establishing the meaning of kencha. However, since the Meiji period, offering tea to shrines and temples by the head of a family has come to be called kencha. Nowadays, there are cases where the offering in front of a god is called "kencha" and the offering in front of a Buddha is called "kyucha."

[Kouichi Tsutsui]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

茶を献じることで、これには二つの考え方がある。江戸時代までは貴人に茶を献じることを称して献茶といった。それは815年(弘仁6)に近江(おうみ)韓崎(からさき)(滋賀県大津市)梵釈寺(ぼんしゃくじ)で大僧都(だいそうず)永忠が行幸中の嵯峨(さが)天皇に茶を献じたことに発している(『日本後紀(こうき)』)。その後、1585年(天正13)豊臣(とよとみ)秀吉が、関白拝命の祝賀の意を込めて禁中において茶会を催し、正親町(おおぎまち)天皇に茶を献じたことをもって献茶の意が確立した。しかし明治以後にあっては、家元宗匠が神社や寺院に茶を奉じることをもって献茶と称するようになった。現在では、神前での奉仕を「献茶」、仏前への奉仕を「供茶」といって区別する場合もある。

[筒井紘一]

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