"Sen Rikyu" film screening at The Japan Foundation, 5A Ring Road, Lajpat Nagar IV > 6:30pm on 28th June 2012
Time : 6:30 pm
Event Details : 'Sen Rikyu' film screening.
Although 27 years have passed since the great tea master Sen no Rikyu died on the order of the taiko, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, his favorite and last disciple, Hongakubo, communicates with him daily as if he were still alive. One day, Hongakubo receives a surprise visit from Lord Oda Urakusai, who has become obsessed with the reason Hideyoshi had become so angry with Sen no Rikyu and why he ordered him to commit ritual'- suicide. Hongakubo is moved by
Urakusai's earnestness and one. year later decides to tell him what he knows about a certain tea ceremony held at the Myokian Tea House in Yamazaki, Rikyu's favorite in his later years.
This mysterious tea ceremony continued until midnight. There were only three participants: the master Rikyu, Lord Soji Yamanoue' - who-"turned against Hideyoshi at the fall of Odawara Castle and later committed ritual suicide - and a third person whose identity Hongakubo couldn't ascertain. One year after that, Urasukai discovers that this third person must have been Lord Oribe Furuta, one of Rikyu1s disciples. Oribe had also committed ritual suicide,
following Rokyu and Soji Yamanoue, as he had betrayed the Toyotomi's at the fall of Osaka Castle. The three, in fact, had sworn to die by their own hands at that mysterious midnight tea ceremony. Death had taken on great significance to these three dovotees of tea.
The following year Urakusai becomes critically ill. Longing to find out about Rikyu's state of mind before his death,' he1 sends- for. Hongakubo, who recounts a recent dream he had had regarding the last tea ceremony of Rikyu and Hideyoshi. Hideyoshi rescinds his order for Rikyu1s death, but Rikyu declares that he must die to defend his honor and pride as a tea person and asks Hideyoshi to leave.
As Hongakubo's retelling of his dream, draws to a close, Urakusai understands the whole significance of death and, in his imagination, also commits ritual suicide to complete his own life as a tea person.
Duration : 107 min.
Year : 1989
Directed by : Kei Kumai
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Entry : Free (Seating on First-Come First-Served basis)
Place : The Japan Foundation, 5A Ring Road, Lajpat Nagar IV, New Delhi - 110024
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Event Details : 'Sen Rikyu' film screening.
Although 27 years have passed since the great tea master Sen no Rikyu died on the order of the taiko, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, his favorite and last disciple, Hongakubo, communicates with him daily as if he were still alive. One day, Hongakubo receives a surprise visit from Lord Oda Urakusai, who has become obsessed with the reason Hideyoshi had become so angry with Sen no Rikyu and why he ordered him to commit ritual'- suicide. Hongakubo is moved by
Urakusai's earnestness and one. year later decides to tell him what he knows about a certain tea ceremony held at the Myokian Tea House in Yamazaki, Rikyu's favorite in his later years.
This mysterious tea ceremony continued until midnight. There were only three participants: the master Rikyu, Lord Soji Yamanoue' - who-"turned against Hideyoshi at the fall of Odawara Castle and later committed ritual suicide - and a third person whose identity Hongakubo couldn't ascertain. One year after that, Urasukai discovers that this third person must have been Lord Oribe Furuta, one of Rikyu1s disciples. Oribe had also committed ritual suicide,
following Rokyu and Soji Yamanoue, as he had betrayed the Toyotomi's at the fall of Osaka Castle. The three, in fact, had sworn to die by their own hands at that mysterious midnight tea ceremony. Death had taken on great significance to these three dovotees of tea.
The following year Urakusai becomes critically ill. Longing to find out about Rikyu's state of mind before his death,' he1 sends- for. Hongakubo, who recounts a recent dream he had had regarding the last tea ceremony of Rikyu and Hideyoshi. Hideyoshi rescinds his order for Rikyu1s death, but Rikyu declares that he must die to defend his honor and pride as a tea person and asks Hideyoshi to leave.
As Hongakubo's retelling of his dream, draws to a close, Urakusai understands the whole significance of death and, in his imagination, also commits ritual suicide to complete his own life as a tea person.
Duration : 107 min.
Year : 1989
Directed by : Kei Kumai
Related Events : Films at Cultural Places | Movies
"Sen Rikyu" film screening at The Japan Foundation, 5A Ring Road, Lajpat Nagar IV > 6:30pm on 28th June 2012
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