Chanoyu Resume

Marius Frøisland

I'm a student of Urasenkes tradition of Japanese Tea. I teach once a week in my home, and do occasional public presentations. I'm passionate about sharing Chanoyu with others, and have many projects to provide information about the Way of Tea in English.

First Introduction

January 1, 2001

I was first introduced to Chanoyu, more commonly known in English as the Japanese Tea Ceremony, during a presentation at a museum in Oslo. The presentation was conducted by Svein Westad. After the presentation a group of friends started taking lessons from Mr. Westad in his home in Kongsberg, Norway

One month intensive in Kyoto

August 15, 2002

During the summer of 2002 a friend and I was able to attend a one month intensive Chanoyu study at Urasenke Gakuen Chado Semmon Gakko in Kyoto Japan as part of a program called Midorikai. During this month I was able to experience the complexity of Chanoyu and it opened…

Urasenke Norge

August 28, 2002

Along with three other Norwegian Tea enthusiasts and I founded Urasenke Norge in August of 2002. The name of the association was later changed in 2005 to “Chado Urasenke Tankokai Norway Association.” I was the treasurer from its founding in 2002 until 2004 I was president from 2006 until 2008

Sapporo

January 10, 2003

I lived in Sapporo for four months at the end of 2003 and beginning of 2004. During the stay I attended okeiko four times a week. Twice a week with Inomata-sensei and twice at the local school club. The constituted a very intensive learning experience for me.

Chanoyu.world

July 22, 2004

When I started learning about Chanoyu it was very difficult to find good information about it in English. I created a web page called wiki.chado.no where I collected information about Tea in English. It was later renamed to Chanoyu.world.

One year in Kyoto

August 15, 2004

From September 2004 until Juni 2005 I was a full time student at Urasenke Gakuen Chado Semmon Gakko in the Midorikai program for non Japanese students. Most school day was divided in two. Before lunch we would have class room lessons in subjects such as Japanese history, Noh, Seasonality of…

Nyumon and Konarai

June 15, 2005

At the and of my year in Midorikai I received Nyumon and Konarai Kyojo.

Teaching

January 1, 2006

During 2006 and 2007 I was teaching as part of Urasenke Norways activity. I was the teacher for 87 okeiko during the two years. 20 different students attended, and did a total of 236 temae.

Shikaden

January 26, 2007

After returning from Kyoto in 2005 a began taking lessons with Kimura-sensei from London in the periode 2005-2007. He visited Norway several times, and I visited the London branch a few times for lessons. I was awarded the Shikaden Kyojo by Kimura-sensei

Morning Tea

November 8, 2013

Since November 2013 I have had a goal of doing a teame every day. I usually do temae before I go to the office. In the periode 2013 to the end of 2018 I missed 59 days.

Basement Tea Room

December 1, 2013

I built a Tea space in my basement to further my practice of Chanoyu. It is a 4.5 tatami, with a smal tokonoma. It has an adjacent mizuya of 2 mat. I build the room my self with help from friends and family.

TeaLife Audio

March 2, 2015

TeaLife Audio is a podcast about the Japanese Way of Tea and Related Arts that I founded in 2015. Each episode features two or more hosts having a conversation about chanoyu. The usual episode is 1 hour long. We have made almost one episode every second week since the beginning….

Student of Mach and Bryson

March 2, 2015

I formally became the student of Ula Mach and Aaron Bryson in Warsaw in March of 2015. But even before that I have made yearly trips to Poland to study with them.

Teaching

March 3, 2015

Since March 2015 I have been teaching in my home. Between one and three student attend each practice session. In the periode 2015 to 2018 I arranged 143 okeiko. During these sessions my students performed 247 temae.

Gyou no Gyou

July 1, 2017

I received the Gyou no Gyou Kyojo from Mach- and Bryson-sensei in colaboration with Sugimoto-sensei.

Instagram

July 28, 2017

Since 2017 I have been running a Instagram account in which I share only Tea relates photos.

Temae Videos

September 25, 2018

I started a project to make unabbreviated videos of Urasenke temae as a teaching tool. The videos are filmed with three to four cameras. Always including a top down view to show the placement of all utensils. The videos are freely available at my YouTube Channel Warigeiko. A complete liste…

Tea Hut

December 1, 2018

I have renovate an old store house and turned it into a 3 mat Tea hut with an adjacent 1 mat mizuya. The project was started during Easter 2015 and completed before Christmas in 2018. The project was completed with help from friends and family. This video is shot in…

Yojohan reopened

October 31, 2020

During a renovation project of my home I was also able to upgrade my tea space. The 4-5 room is almost totaly renovated. It now has two proper windows to let daylight into the room, new tokobashira and a shelf in the shoin. It also has a nijiriguchi leading into…