论日本战国末期茶道的政治性

On the Politics of Japanese Tea Ceremony in the Late Sengoku Period

日本战国时代末期(又称安土桃山时代或者织丰时期)是日本中世到近世的过渡期。在这个时期,织田信长与丰臣秀吉把茶道多方面地运用在政治与外交中,以千利休为代表的茶人们也与政治有着密切的联系,千利休的剖腹自杀也直接受丰臣政权的局势的影响。茶道作为国家级别的仪式,代表着该时代新兴的艺术文化。在新政权确立的过程中,当权者对茶道的掌控意味着其文化权威的确立。

The late Sengoku period （namely Azuchi-Momoyama period or Shokuho period） is the transition period from medieval Japan to Early Modern Japan. During this period, tea ceremony was used frequently in politics and diplomatism by Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi. The Chajin have a close relation with politics, especially Sen no Riky u, and the Toyotomi regime had a direct influence on Riky u＇s suicide. Tea ceremony, as a national ceremony, represented the new culture in that period. The command of tea ceremony equaled the establishment of authority in culture when a new organ of political power was set up.