A Obukucha Ceremony

A Obukucha Ceremony

Obukucha is a ceremony that would have Buddhist Monks make an offering of tea to Buddha and to themselves in a religious ceremony. The offering is a concept merging from the combination Shinto and Buddhism religions together. In the indigenous religion before Buddhism, the Japanese offered tea to the Shinto kami gods.

In addition to Obukucha Ceremony, the mid-thirteenth century had a gathering called ochamori. With this gathering, the Buddhist in Japan has a mass known as shusei-e. Shusei-e is the day where tea is offered at the last day of Buddhist mass. They would include the town folk and the whole town would offer tea to Buddha and drink it to themselves at the same time

In the medieval times there was a popular ceremony among the Zen Buddhist Monks. This ceremony was called Obukucha. The Monks made the ceremony popular with the Japanese citizens; Obukucha involved the drinking of tea. He success of the ceremony eventually spread this ceremony from Buddhist temples to other parts of society. Any citizen could perform the Obukucha Ceremony.

(Tea in Japan, 9).