• Journal of the East Asian Society of Dietary Life
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• v.5 no.2
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• pp.1-10
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• 1995

Nanboroku is Japanese book of tea written by Mr. Nanb -s kei who was the ablest pupil of Mr. Sennorikyu(1522~1591) and is said to be completed in 1593. In this study, Sennorikyu's opinion concerning meals served in the Japanese tea-ceremony was interpreted and the origin of the meals was clarified. The meal of the tea-ceremony is to be given not the extent of starvation, but in conformity with the manner of daily life in the Buddhism temple. It means not the plain foods, but it is to be served by understanding taste for the simple and quiet, that is Wabi and Sabi traditionally known in jpan. Also, the meals of forty-seven times served in the tea-ceremony given by Mr. sennoriku in a certain year between 1582-~1588, which are recorded in the volume No2, and classified according to the kind and frequency of the menu and foods. Therefore the origin of the meals of tea-ceremony in the present age was clarified.