When a tea ceremony instructor in Tokyo was arrested late last year for allegedly defrauding a student, the case highlighted tensions inside Japan¡¯s tightly knit traditional arts schools. Once trust collapses inside such a system, attention often shifts from the underlying problem to the conflict it creates.
As someone who practices ²èµÀ (²õ²¹»å¨/³¦³ó²¹»å¨, tea ceremony), I¡¯m familiar with the inner dynamics of such schools, and it was not difficult to imagine ¤ª¼ÒòX„Ó (o-ie s¨d¨, an internal power struggle) simmering beneath the surface.
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