This lecture traces the evolution of Chinese landscape painting while exploring how generations of scholars perceived nature and expressed it through art. Beginning with richly colored landscapes of the early dynasties, moving through the expressive world of ink landscapes, and culminating in artistic traditions that embraced real landscapes as reflections of the mind, we will journey through the changing aesthetics of nature, space, and time in East Asian art.

Tea House HADA is pleased to present a special lecture with Song Hee Kyung, Director of the Gyeomjae Jeongseon Art Museum, exploring the tea culture and aesthetic sensibilities portrayed in Ahoedo ((雅會圖, Gatherings of the Literati) in Joseon painting.

Within these scenes, painted by Jeong Seon and other scholar-artists of the Joseon Dynasty, tea served not merely as a beverage, but as a medium for friendship, contemplation, and intellectual exchange. Through a close reading of these works, the lecture invites us to appreciate the cultural and philosophical significance that tea held in the lives of Joseon's literati.

Nanbōroku is considered one of the foundational texts of Japanese tea ceremony, recording the words and actions of Sen no Rikyū through his disciple Nanbō Sōkei.

Focusing on the essence of the heart rather than formalities, the lecture reflects upon relationships with nature, neighbors, and oneself while exploring the quiet aesthetics of wabi-sabi and the spirit of “tea and Zen as one.”

Centered around the development of Goryeo celadon and tea bowl culture, this lecture explores the lives of our ancestors, where ceramics and tea culture existed in harmonious unity.

From early celadon to inlaid celadon, iron-painted ware, and later-period celadon, participants study major stylistic developments while gaining deeper understanding of Goryeo tea bowl culture

Nanbōroku is considered one of the foundational texts of Japanese tea ceremony, recording the words and actions of Sen no Rikyū through his disciple Nanbō Sōkei.

Focusing on the essence of the heart rather than formalities, the lecture reflects upon relationships with nature, neighbors, and oneself while exploring the quiet aesthetics of wabi-sabi and the spirit of “tea and Zen as one.”

Through humble yet beautiful earthenware, this lecture explores the vessel culture of everyday life in Korea’s past, examining history, production, function, and sculptural beauty together.

Examining the forms and meanings of Japanese tea rooms, this lecture explores how tea ceremony evolved into a profound aesthetic world through its connection with Zen Buddhism. Based on the perspective of Furuta Shōkin, it presents the values and aesthetics embedded within tea ceremony in an accessible way.

Tracing Chinese ceramics and tea bowls from antiquity through the Qing Dynasty, this expanded lecture examines historical context and aesthetics in order to deepen understanding of East Asian ceramic art.

Centered on the thought of Okakura Tenshin, author of The Book of Tea, this lecture approaches tea ceremony through the perspectives of aesthetics and cultural anthropology, contemplating the universal values and spirituality humanity has pursued through a single bowl of tea.

We will examine the aesthetics and uses of Joseon ceramics and tea bowls by organizing the flow of Joseon ceramics and tea bowls , and examine the influence of Joseon potters on Japanese ceramics history after the Imjin War .

From early celadon to inlaid celadon, iron-painted ware, and later-period celadon, this lecture examines major stylistic developments while exploring Goryeo tea bowl culture and connecting historical values to the present day.

Following the twenty-four solar terms and seventy-two seasonal periods, this lecture explores the meaning of seasonal tea gatherings.
Through tea room decoration, utensil arrangement, and tea preparation sequence, participants learn ways of embodying seasonal awareness and harmonious living with nature.

Based on Professor Park Jeon-yeol’s Korean translation of The Spirit of Japanese Tea Ceremony, this class explores the preparation of tea gatherings, the purpose of tea ceremony, and the mindset embedded within the practice.
Participants naturally encounter the philosophical meanings residing throughout Japanese tea culture.