Japanese Tea Ceremony Manual - Ogasawara-ryu Sencha Kihon Kyosho (1975), Ogasawara School of Senchado

Original 1975 edition of Ogasawara-ryu Sencha Kihon Kyosho (小笠原流煎茶基本教書), a rare internal manual of the Ogasawara School of the Japanese Tea Ceremony (Sencha-dō).
Published privately by the Ogasawara-ryu Sencha Reihokai in Tokyo (Minami-Aoyama), written by head master Moroizumi Yusei (諸泉祐正).

This beautifully made handbook teaches the etiquette (reihō), utensils, and refined movements of the Ogasawara tradition of sencha, the leaf-tea counterpart of matcha.
Includes portraits of successive masters, photos of the Sōsei-kaikan tea room, and detailed explanations of the ceremony order.
Green hardcover with the Ogasawara family crest (sangaibishi) and gold line.
Printed and published in March 1975 (Shōwa 50).
Not-for-sale internal edition (hibaihin).

Condition: very good for its age; clean pages, solid binding, light natural wear.
Extremely rare reference for collectors of Japanese tea culture and reihō traditions.
Size appr. 13,5 x 18,5 cm

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