BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//PYVOBJECT//NONSGML Version 1//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:events.uid.2107@www.discovernikkei.org DTSTART:20091122T000000Z DTEND:20091122T000000Z DESCRIPTION:<p style="text-align: center\;"><em>2009 Fowler OutSpoken Lectu re Series: The Art of Tea </em>\n\n<p style="text-align: center\;"><stron g>Tea of the Samurai in Times of War and Peace </strong>\n\n<p style="tex t-align: center\;"><strong>&nbsp\; </strong>\n\n<p style="text-align: cent er\;">A public lecture by\n\n<p style="text-align: center\;"><strong>Morg an Pitelka </strong>\nSunday\, November 22\, 2009\n 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM\n Lenart Auditorium\n UCLA Fowler Museum\nOccidental College professor of h istory Morgan Pitelka examines how tea gatherings and collections of tea- related art played significant roles in the lives and careers of elite sa murai between the 15th and 19th centuries. Samurai studied tea ritual\, f etishized tea utensils\, employed tea masters as diplomats and art connoi sseurs\, and came to understand immersion in tea culture as an opportunit y for the cultivation of distinct warrior values.\nThe UCLA Asia Institut e is pleased to sponsor the Fowler OutSpoken Lecture Series in conjunctio n with the exhibition <a title="http://www.international.ucla.edu/asia/art icle.asp?parentid=109283" href="http://www.international.ucla.edu/asia/art icle.asp?parentid=109283" title="http://www.international.ucla.edu/asia/ar ticle.asp?parentid=109283">Steeped in History: The Art of Tea</a> \, on v iew at the <a title="http://www.fowler.ucla.edu/" href="http://www.fowler. ucla.edu/" title="http://www.fowler.ucla.edu/">Fowler Museum</a> at UCLA\ , August 16 through November 29\, 2009\n\n&nbsp\;\n\n DTSTAMP:20240425T110738Z SUMMARY:Tea of the Samurai in Times of War and Peace URL:/en/events/2009/11/22/tea-of-the-samurai-in-times-of-war-and-peace/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR