Editing Japanese tea ceremony (section)

=={{transliteration|ja|Senchadō}}==
[[File:Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum (91).jpg|thumb|A set of {{transliteration|ja|sencha}} utensils, [[Sasashima ware]], Maki Bokusai, [[Edo period]], 18th–19th century]]

Like the formal traditions of {{transliteration|ja|matcha}}, there are formal traditions of {{transliteration|ja|[[sencha]]}}, distinguished as {{transliteration|ja|[[senchadō]]}}, typically involving the high-grade {{transliteration|ja|[[gyokuro]]}} class of {{transliteration|ja|sencha}}. This offering, more Chinese in style, was introduced to Japan in the 17th century by [[Ingen]], the founder of the [[Ōbaku]] school of Zen Buddhism, also more Chinese in style than earlier schools. In the 18th century, it was popularized by the Ōbaku monk [[Baisao]], who sold tea in Kyoto, and later came to be regarded as the first {{transliteration|ja|sencha}} master.<ref>{{citation|last=Graham |first=Patricia Jane |title=Tea of the Sages: The Art of Sencha |year=1998 |publisher=[[University of Hawaii Press]] |isbn=978-0-8248-2087-9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z_4kk_xcJ5cC}}</ref><ref>{{citation|last1=Mair |first1=Victor H. |last2=Hoh |first2=Erling |title=The True History of Tea |year=2009 |publisher=[[Thames & Hudson]] |isbn=978-0-500-25146-1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_TR_PQAACAAJ |page=107}}</ref> It remains associated with the Ōbaku school, and the head temple of [[Manpuku-ji]] hosts regular {{transliteration|ja|sencha}} tea conventions.