Japanese legends, Davis retelling
Tea Ceremony
Davis presents tea drinking as a ritual, associating its ceremony with peaceful meditation. His historical discussion includes Zen priests drinking from a single bowl before an image of Daruma, alongside other forms of tea practice.
Also known as Tea-drinking Ritual in Davis
Loading your archive…
In the sources
Account in the source
DocumentedDavis presents tea drinking as a ritual, associating its ceremony with peaceful meditation.
Further detail
DocumentedHis historical discussion includes Zen priests drinking from a single bowl before an image of Daruma, alongside other forms of tea practice.
Context & interpretation
This entry documents Davis’s account of tea practice, not a complete history or practical lesson in every school of tea ceremony. His historical associations are not independently verified here. References to meditation describe the source’s framing rather than promising therapeutic or religious results.
Original passages
Source 1
Myths and Legends of Japan
a time for peaceful meditationOpen this page in the book
Passage & edition details
Location recorded at citation review: Davis, Myths & Legends of Japan, active reader leaf 316
Checked against the active prepared edition; reader leaf and original-page mapping verified, spacing normalised.
- Edition
- IMJ-0052-E001
- Reader page
- IMJ-0052-E001-P0316
- Original scan leaf
- 345
- Recorded leaf number
- 345
- Current Reader position
- 315
- Reader verification
- Source-preserving update confirmed
Source 2
Myths and Legends of Japan
drank tea from a single bowlOpen this page in the book
Passage & edition details
Location recorded at citation review: Davis, Myths & Legends of Japan, active reader leaf 318
Checked against the active prepared edition; reader leaf and original-page mapping verified, spacing normalised.
- Edition
- IMJ-0052-E001
- Reader page
- IMJ-0052-E001-P0318
- Original scan leaf
- 347
- Recorded leaf number
- 347
- Current Reader position
- 317
- Reader verification
- Source-preserving update confirmed