About Issoan Tea School

Issoan means "One Grass Hut" and was named by Genki Takabayashi Roshi. Its name exemplifies the impermanence of the wabi tea aesthetic as well as the moveable nature of structure of the tea room itself. Issoan Tea School is a place of study for chanoyu.  Marjorie "Soya" Yap teaches classes from beginning through advanced in the procedures for making tea as well as aspects of Japanese culture such as sweet making, kimono dressing, incense ceremony, haiku, and more. More important, she teaches how to incorporate chanoyu values and aesthetics into our modern, everyday life.

About Marjorie Yap, Instructor

Marjorie Yap has been a student of Tea since 1984. She spent an intensive year studying chanoyu in Kyoto, Japan, at the Urasenke Chanoyu Institute. Marjorie received her Chamei (tea name) "Soya"  and teaching credentials from Japan in 2004.

She has assisted teaching the art history class, Chado and Japanese Aesthetics at University of Washington. She also has guest lectured at Portland Community College on Tea Ceramics and at Sarah Lawrence College on The Tea Ceremony and Theatre Arts.

See my other site SweetPersimmon.com.  I have zazen meditation seats, incense and koh do utensils, specialty tea, teaware, books, photos and more. Email me about tea ceremony utensils.

This week: In praise of shadows, Intimate silence and Elusive scents at the SweetPersimmon blog.

Locations

Issoan Tea School
17761 NW Marylhurst Ct.
Portland, Oregon 97229
Phone: 503.645.7058

Aikido Yoshokai
Peninsula Odd Fellows Hall
4834 N Lombard St.
Portland, Oregon
503.922.2563

Ryokusuido Tea House
3826 NE Glisan St.
Portland, OR 97232
503.326.8005

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