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Contents of Teachers and Students

A student usually interfaces with the iemoto through his or her relationship with a licensed teacher. The teacher's group of students is called his or her shachu—a word also used to designate the supporters of a shrine.

A Caucasian man wearing a blue kimono and a black kimono jacket sits next to a Japanese woman in a light green kimono and a colorful obi. They are sitting on a tatami mat in front of a Japanese scroll. He has a mustache and wears glasses. She has short black hair and smiles slightly. They are teachers of tea ritual.

Takechi Soko and Tiscornia Sokyo

Lecture Notes

A student's relationship with his or her teacher is, ideally, a lifetime relationship.