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Chikamatsu Shigenori was a retainer of the [[Owari Tokugawa clan]], and an amateur [[tea ceremony|tea]] enthusiast, known for his writings on the subject.

Chikamatsu Shigenori was a retainer of the [[Owari Tokugawa clan]], and an amateur [[tea ceremony|tea]] enthusiast, known for his writings on the subject.

Shigenori's [[1739]] manuscript "Legends of the Tea Ceremony" consists of seven volumes, containing over three hundred tea-related anecdotes, some of which he experienced himself, and some of which he merely heard secondhand. The text circulated in manuscript form for many decades, before being printed (published) in [[1804]], after Shigenori's death, under the title "Stories from a Tearoom Window." The volume was then republished in [[1816]], in response to popular demand.

Shigenori's [[1739]] manuscript "Legends of the Tea Ceremony" consists of seven volumes, containing over three hundred tea-related anecdotes, some of which he experienced himself, and some of which he merely heard secondhand. The text circulated in manuscript form for many decades, before being printed (published) in [[1804]], after Shigenori's death, under the title "Stories from a Tearoom Window." The volume was then republished in [[1816]], in response to popular demand. The text speaks of the values of tea as articulated by [[Sen no Rikyu|Sen no Rikyû]], with emphasis on modesty and respect, and appreciation of simplicity, critiquing what Shigenori perceived as an excessive focus on rigid technique, and extravagant over-valuing of tea implements.

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==References==

==References==

*Constantine Vaporis, "The Tea Ceremony: Chikamatsu Shigenori's ''Stories from a Tearoom Window''," in Vaporis (ed.), ''Voices of Early Modern Japan'', Westview Press (2012), 179.

*Constantine Vaporis, "The Tea Ceremony: Chikamatsu Shigenori's ''Stories from a Tearoom Window''," in Vaporis (ed.), ''Voices of Early Modern Japan'', Westview Press (2012), 179-181.

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