The PRATT IAIDO CLUB welcomes Japanese Tea Master Yoshitsugu Nagano Sensei to perform a Samurai Tea Ceremony.

Japanese Tea Ceremony (茶道)

Ueda Sōko-ryū (上田宗箇流) is a cultural aesthetic practice, or tradition, of Japanese tea ceremony that originated within the samurai class of feudal Japan. The founder from whom the tradition takes its name was Sengoku period warlord Ueda Sōko. The customs, etiquette and values of the samurai are woven throughout all aspects of the traditional practice of chanoyu, a practice that has continued unbroken for over 400 years.

Yoshitsugu is a licenced tea master of Ueda Sōko-ryū and is currently based in NYC, and holds tea ceremonies as well as also offers tea ceremony classes. He’s been working to establish his style as a modern tea ceremony that incorporates new expressions and engagement into the traditional practice of the tea ceremony.