Research on the Motion Technique of Japanese Tea Ceremony

In this paper, the tea making of motion skill by tea master of “The way of tea” was investigated by High speed camera. The most important process at beginning of tea making, which using tea whisk to mix the hot water and tea powder with high speed, was focused and recorded. The tea master’s motion track of tea whisk was clarified and analyzed by software. The final tea also was recorded by camera. The surface of bubbles was measured by numerical method. The expert regular move up and down tea whisk was considered the important Characteristics for the tea making motion.