| Date and time | Sunday, December 9 13:30 to 15:00 |
| Location | Great Hall of Industrial Technology Memorial Hall |
| Tutor | Masao Nakamura (Professor Emeritus, Kyoto Institute of Technology) |
The commemorative lecture at the Nagoya venue is "Owari's Tea and Sukiya Public Contract" by Dr. Masao Nakamura, a leading expert in tea room research. The Kobe venue was a dialogue between Dr. Nakamura and the craftsmen of Sukiya, but in Nagoya, we listened carefully to Dr. Nakamura's lecture.
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The venue is the Great Hall of the Industrial Technology Memorial Hall. Prior to the start of the lecture, customers began to gather one after another, and at the time of the performance, about 300 people attended. Mr. Nakamura is from Nagoya. He said he was really looking forward to this lecture.
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First of all, the history of the tea room was outlined with Kamo Nagaaki's "Hojoki". Next is the story of the design characteristics of the tea room and the characteristics of the skills of Sukiya carpenter. While looking at the abundant slide photos of Daitokuji Temple Yulin-in "Minoan", which is also the highlight of the Sukiya Carpenter Exhibition, detailed explanations will continue on where the skills of tea masters and Sukiya Carpenter are demonstrated.
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From the talk of the national treasure tea room "Nyoan" in Inuyama City, which I visited during the tour the day before, we finally move on to the topic of "Owari no Tea". In the early modern and modern Nagoya, the mature tea culture blossomed and the differences from the tea culture in Kyoto were shown with concrete slides from Sukiya. Visitors at the venue listened enthusiastically to the powerful story that "the people of Nagoya truly inherit the spirit of wabicha."
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Dr. Nakamura has many books, but it seems that the topics introduced for the first time in this lecture were packed. There were many messages to the people of Nagoya, the venue, and it was a very valuable lecture.
Thank you to Dr. Nakamura, who served as a lecturer for two days following the previous day's tour, and everyone who came from all over the country.
