Tea boy - Chabouzu

A job title for samurai in the Muromachi, Azuchi-Momoyama and Edo periods. It is also called simply "sado" (tea ceremony), or "chado monk," "chaya monk," or "sukiya monk." It is also called "monk" because people engaged in the tea ceremony with shaved heads. In the Edo Shogunate, under the Dobogashira (younger retainers) under the Wakadoshiyori (younger retainers), there were several Okubozu (head of the inner chamber) (with a stipend of 50 koku, two stipends, 27 ryo tax, a town house, an audience with the Emperor, and a position in the Tokei-no-mazume room, two and a half ba) and around 100 Okubozu (former Konando monks, with a stipend of 20 koku, two stipends, 23 ryo tax, a town house, an audience with the Emperor, and a position in the Tokei-no-mazume room, two and a half ba) who served tea to the Shogun, daimyo, and other officials in the palace (incidentally, the Omote monks were responsible for serving the daimyo and other officials). In addition to these, there was also a Hiroma monk who was in charge of serving tea. By the way, under the same Wakadoshiyori, there were the Sukiyabozu group leader, Sukiyabozu, Rojitsukuriyaku, and Rojinomono, who were mainly in charge of managing the teahouses and gardens.

[Kitahara Akio]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

室町・安土(あづち)桃山・江戸時代の武家の職名。単に茶道(さどう)あるいは茶道坊主、茶屋(ちゃや)坊主、数寄屋(すきや)坊主などともいう。また、剃髪(ていはつ)姿で茶の湯に従事したことから坊主の称がある。江戸幕府には、若年寄(わかどしより)配下の同朋頭(どうぼうがしら)のもとに奥坊主組頭（五十俵持扶持(もちぶち)高、役扶持二人扶持、役金二十七両、町屋敷拝領、御目見(おめみえ)以下、土圭間詰(とけいのまづめ)、二半場）数人、奥坊主（元の小納戸(こなんど)坊主。二十俵二人扶持高、役扶持二人扶持、役金二十三両、町屋敷拝領、御目見以下、土圭間詰、二半場）100人前後があって、将軍をはじめ大名や諸役人に殿中において茶を勧めた（ちなみに、表坊主は大名や諸役人の給仕を職掌とした）。なお、このほかにも広間坊主というものがあって湯茶をつかさどったという。ところで、同じ若年寄配下の数寄屋頭のもとに数寄屋坊主組頭、数寄屋坊主、露次作(ろじつくり)役、露次之者があったが、これらはもっぱら茶室と庭園の管理にあたった。

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