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Tatsui Baba

There may not be many people today who recognize the name Tatsui Baba (1850 - 1888). Even fewer would know that in the summer of 1886 he fled...
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Lecture: Japanese
Thursdays: 4 sessions, March 6, 13, 20, and 27; 9:30 - 10:30 a.m.
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Saturdays: 2 sessions, March 15 and 29; 9:30 - 11:45 a.m.
Philadelphia Art Museum Main Building
26th Street and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway
Philadelphia, PA 19130

PMA Members: $64; Nonmembers: $80

The tea ceremony aesthetic—"tea taste"—has shaped much of Japan’s art over the past several centuries. Elegant yet quirky, delighting in contrasts between the ultra-refined and the appealingly rustic, tea taste is uniquely Japanese.

  • Chanoyu: Japanese Tea Ritual and Practice
  • The Architecture of Tea
  • Tea Ceramics
  • "Tea Taste" and Japanese Art

Lecturer: Frank L. Chance, Associate Director, Center for East Asian Studies, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

Preregistration is recommended -- please visit the Philadelphia Museum of Art website for more information.

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