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| U R A S E N K E SEATTLE BRANCH Transmitting the living art of Chado, the Way of Tea, through harmony, respect, purity and tranquility |
Our core mission is to transmit the living art of Chado. We offer a curriculum of
study to Tea enthusiasts of all experience levels through Branch classes, as well
as instruction to university students through the course 'Chado and Japanese
Aesthetics' offered fall, winter and spring quarters at the University of Washington.
We welcome everyone with a sincere desire to study Chado as a means to realize
the principles of harmony, respect, purity and tranquility.
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INSTRUCTORS
Bonnie Soshin Mitchell
Ms. Mitchell serves as the Urasenke Foundation Seattle Branch resident tea
instructor and director. Ms. Mitchell received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Art
History from the University of Washington, before embarking in 1974, on a
seven-year course of study in Chado, the Way of Tea, in Kyoto, Japan. From 1974
to 1981, Ms. Mitchell studied Chado under the guidance of Mrs. Shizue (Soha)
Yanagita. From 1975 to 1981 she studied concurrently at the Urasenke Gakuen
Chado Semmon Gakko institute in Kyoto. At the behest of Dr. Sen, Ms. Mitchell
returned to Seattle in 1981 to teach the UW Chado course. In 2008, Dr. Sen
honored Ms. Mitchell with the certificate of Seikyoju, the highest rank of merit in
the Way of Tea.
Timothy Sowa Olson
Mr. Olson serves as the UW Chado course lecturer and tea instuctor. Mr. Olson
received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Portland State University. A
student of Seattle Branch since 1982, Olson joined the staff in 1999 after
completing a master's training course at the Urasenke Konnichian, the first
non-Japanese trained overseas to do so. In 2001, he was awarded the certificate
of Junkyoju, a senior rank of merit in the Way of Tea.
study to Tea enthusiasts of all experience levels through Branch classes, as well
as instruction to university students through the course 'Chado and Japanese
Aesthetics' offered fall, winter and spring quarters at the University of Washington.
We welcome everyone with a sincere desire to study Chado as a means to realize
the principles of harmony, respect, purity and tranquility.
_______________________________________________________
INSTRUCTORS
Bonnie Soshin Mitchell
Ms. Mitchell serves as the Urasenke Foundation Seattle Branch resident tea
instructor and director. Ms. Mitchell received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Art
History from the University of Washington, before embarking in 1974, on a
seven-year course of study in Chado, the Way of Tea, in Kyoto, Japan. From 1974
to 1981, Ms. Mitchell studied Chado under the guidance of Mrs. Shizue (Soha)
Yanagita. From 1975 to 1981 she studied concurrently at the Urasenke Gakuen
Chado Semmon Gakko institute in Kyoto. At the behest of Dr. Sen, Ms. Mitchell
returned to Seattle in 1981 to teach the UW Chado course. In 2008, Dr. Sen
honored Ms. Mitchell with the certificate of Seikyoju, the highest rank of merit in
the Way of Tea.
Timothy Sowa Olson
Mr. Olson serves as the UW Chado course lecturer and tea instuctor. Mr. Olson
received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Portland State University. A
student of Seattle Branch since 1982, Olson joined the staff in 1999 after
completing a master's training course at the Urasenke Konnichian, the first
non-Japanese trained overseas to do so. In 2001, he was awarded the certificate
of Junkyoju, a senior rank of merit in the Way of Tea.
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