By renfield kuroda , CC BY-SA 2.0, 57x46 inch cardboard cutout of some ceremonial Japanese tea service! Tea is serious business in Japan. Her we have a maiko performing the ryurei style of tea where a chair and table are used. She has an iron pot, caddy, bowl, and a fresh water container. The traditional Japanese floor mat is used in a variety of ways in tea offerings. The position determines how a guest walks through the tea room and determines the various seating positions. Also included is a lump of royal tribute Pu’er tea made during the Guangxu Emperor’s time in the late 1800s. It was collected in Forbidden City and taken to the Pu’er City Museum. You also get a square of Pu’er.
