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	Yanagi Gallery Donates Japanese Tea Room to the Hammond
	So-Oku Sen, the next Grand Tea Master of the Mushakoji School, was assigned by the Japanese Government as a Cultural Ambassador to the United States from 2006 to 2009. During that time, as he made NYC the center of his activities, the renowned fine art dealer Koichi Yanagi had offered his East Side gallery at 17 East 71st Street to be the temporary home of Mr. Sen’s tea practice. He installed a tea room, specially designed by the young master and handmade in Japan, to be the showcase for his tea practice during his stay in New York. The young tea master, a 17th generation descendant of the originator of Japanese tea ceremony, Sen Rikyu, was intent on sharing his tradition of tea in very innovative ways to the American people and the world. His way of tea was featured in the Wall Street Journal as “the tea ceremony of the 21st Century. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124156010772588959.htm The Hammond Museum was chosen by Mr. Yanagi to be the room’s new keeper after Mr. Sen’s return to Japan. By May 2011, the reconstructed tea room will be reopened inside the library of the Hammond Mansion and will continue to share this 16th Century practice of Japanese tea with all peoples and future generations. The Hammond Museum’s proud mission is to share the timeless beauty, art and spirit of all Eastern traditions inside the context of Western culture today. Click here to download the printable flyer For more information, please call (914) 669-5033 or email gardenprogram@yahoo.com or to Martin Hara (646) 338-7131/email martyhara@gmail.com