Abstract

In recent years, as global interest in Japanese culture has grown, the tea ceremony has seen increasing popularity among foreign tourists. Like other forms of traditional art, it has been shaped by numerous predecessors and passed down to the present day. Among these contributors were samurai, who, while fulfilling their responsibilities and overcoming economic adversity, preserved the diversity of tea culture according to their aesthetic values.

This paper focuses on two such samurai to reconsider the culture of hospitality they helped develop.