Sorin
Tea, objects, space, and gatherings
Sorinは、マツバラリエが茶の世界を起点とした表現活動に用いる名前です。作品、空間、茶会を通して、茶を現代の表現として探求しています。
Sorin is the name Rie Matsubara uses for her artistic practice rooted in the world of tea. Through objects, space, and gatherings, Sorin explores tea as a contemporary form of artistic expression
Sorin 茶会
April 5, 11, 2026
@西藤（東京/世田谷）
西藤の和洋折衷のモダンなしつらいを活かした茶会。個展会場に展示した軸をリバーシブルに仕立て、奥のカフェスペースを茶室に見立てました。
Sorinが立礼形式で茶を点て、カウンターには自作の関守石を置き、客席と水屋の境界としました。
菓子は店主・美晴さんによる蕎麦粉のガレット。茶道具は、さんのはちさんにご協力いただきました。
Sorin Tea Gathering
April 5, 11, 2026
@Saito (Setagaya, Tokyo)
A tea gathering created in response to Saito’s modern space, where Japanese and Western elements coexist. A reversible hanging scroll from the exhibition transformed the café area at the back into a temporary tea room.
Sorin prepared tea in the ryurei style, while a handmade sekimori-ishi placed on the counter marked the boundary between the guests and the preparation area.
The sweets were buckwheat galettes made by Miharu, the owner of Saito. Tea utensils were provided with the cooperation of Sanno Hachi.
© 2026 rie matsubara
Sorin 茶会「円相（cerchio）」
March 8, 2026
@uramichi（神奈川、大磯）
イタリア・トリノで発表した「茶道を巡る五感体験と設（しつらえ）の展示」をもとに、茶を味わうこと、作品や道具を見ること、空間に身を置くことを一つの体験として構成した茶会。
中心となるのは、トリノで初めて発表したSorin考案の掛け軸。半立体のコラージュによる絵の部分をマグネットで取り外し、交換できる仕組みになっています。また、茶室に必要な花は、自身の作品である仏の手に梅の蕾を握らせ、空間に吊り下げました。
作品、道具、菓子、庭を一つのしつらえとして構成し、Sorin（マツバラリエ）が立礼形式で茶を点てました。道具にはマツバラリエの作品と、さんのはちの古道具を使用。菓子は「小さな台所」がuramichi FARMの野菜を使って制作し、庭は「さだもりや」が手がけました。
既成の茶会とは少し異なる、体験型の実験的な茶会。亭主が意味を込めて構成した空間に身を置き、茶と菓子を味わうことで、何かが変わるのか、変わらないのかを試みました。
Sorin Tea Gathering: Enso (cerchio)
March 8, 2026
@uramichi (Oiso, Kanagawa)
Developed from “A Sensory Experience of Tea and Shitsurae,” previously presented in Turin, Italy, this tea gathering brought together the experience of tasting tea, encountering artworks and utensils, and inhabiting a carefully composed space.
At its center was a hanging scroll conceived by Sorin and first presented in Turin. Its relief collage could be detached and replaced using magnets, allowing the image within the scroll to change. For the flowers traditionally placed in a tea room, Matsubara placed plum buds in the hand of one of her Buddha sculptures and suspended it in the space.
Artworks, utensils, sweets, and the garden were composed as a single setting, with Sorin (Rie Matsubara) preparing tea in the ryurei style. The utensils included Matsubara’s own works alongside antique objects from Sanno Hachi. Sweets were created by Chiisana Daidokoro using vegetables from uramichi FARM, and the garden was arranged by Sadamoriya.
Conceived as an experiential experiment in tea, the gathering departed slightly from the conventions of a traditional tea gathering. By entering a setting in which each element carried intention, and experiencing tea and sweets within it, guests were invited to discover whether something might change—or perhaps remain unchanged.
© 2025 r matsubara
Cerchio（円相）茶会ワークショップ
June 29-30, 2025
@camellia（トリノ、イタリア）
長年続けてきた茶道と、作品をつくること。自分の思考の中ではつながっていた二つのことが、この展示と茶会ワークショップを通して、初めて一つの形として結実しました。
海外での開催だったことで、茶道の厳密な形式にとらわれることなく、自分が考える「茶の思想」を優先できたことも、大きなきっかけとなりました。
会場では作品展示とともに、半立体のコラージュ部分をマグネットで取り外し、交換できるSorin考案の掛け軸を初めて発表。作品、道具、しつらえ、茶を一つの体験として構成し、茶会ワークショップを行いました。
企画・プロデュースはcamelliaのEzio氏。宮本さやか氏にはプロデュース、菓子、そして茶会での通訳にご協力いただきました。
この経験が、その後のSorinの活動へとつながっています。
Cerchio (Enso)Tea Gathering & Workshop
June 29-30,2025
@camellia (Turin, Italy)
For many years, the practice of tea and the making of art had been connected in Matsubara’s thinking, yet bringing the two together in a physical form had never felt entirely resolved. Through this exhibition and tea workshop at camellia, the two practices finally came together.
Working outside Japan also offered a certain freedom from the strict conventions of traditional tea practice, allowing Matsubara to place greater emphasis on her own understanding of the philosophy of tea.
Alongside the exhibition, Sorin presented for the first time a hanging scroll of her own design, with a relief collage that could be detached and replaced using magnets. Artworks, utensils, shitsurae, and tea were brought together as a single experience through a tea gathering and workshop.
The project was produced by Ezio of camellia. Sayaka Miyamoto contributed to the production, prepared the sweets, and interpreted Matsubara’s words for the participants.
This experience became the starting point for Sorin’s subsequent practice.
葛尾大尽屋敷跡 薪能・茶会プロジェクト
September 28, 2019
@葛尾大尽屋敷跡（福島県、葛尾村）
江戸時代から明治にかけて栄えた松本一族は「葛尾大尽」と呼ばれ、その屋敷では三春藩をはじめ近隣の藩主を招き、能や狂言を鑑賞した歴史があります。
東日本大震災以降、立ち入りができなかった葛尾大尽屋敷跡で、実行委員会を中心に「薪能」が開催され、それにあわせて村内史跡ツアーと茶会が行われました。
マツバラリエは、茶会と史跡ツアーのための美術装置を制作。歴史ある池に向かって、神社の入口と射的の屋台を思わせる構造物を設置しました。鑑賞者が鈴を振ると煙が立ち上がり、「葛尾大尽」が自らの歴史を語り始める仕掛けです。美術装置の制作は、はりゅうウッドスタジオへの依頼・協力のもと行いました。
能舞台の制作と、当日の茶会のお運びなどには、日本大学工学部の学生が協力しました。
土地の記憶を作品と人の行為によって呼び起こし、茶、場所、人の集まりを一つの体験として捉えたこの試みは、後のSorinへとつながる活動の起源の一つとなりました。
Katsurao Daijin Residence Site: Takigi Noh & Tea Project
September 28, 2019
@Katsurao Daijin Residence Site (Katsurao, Fukushima)
From the Edo through the Meiji period, the prosperous Matsumoto family was known as the “Katsurao Daijin.” Their residence had a history of hosting Noh and Kyogen performances for the lords of the Miharu and neighboring domains.
After being inaccessible following the Great East Japan Earthquake, the historic site became the setting for a Takigi Noh performance organized by a local committee. The project sought to reconnect people with the history and cultural traditions of Katsurao while creating new encounters and exchanges.
Alongside the Noh performance, a tour of historic sites and a tea gathering were held. Rie Matsubara created an interactive art installation for these events, facing the historic pond. The structure evoked both the entrance to a Shinto shrine and a traditional Japanese shooting-gallery stall. When a visitor rang a bell, smoke appeared and the “Katsurao Daijin” began to tell the story of his own history. The installation was fabricated with the cooperation of Haryu Wood Studio.
Students from the College of Engineering, Nihon University, helped construct the Noh stage and assisted with serving guests during the tea gathering.
This early exploration of tea, art, place, and gathering became one of the origins of what would later develop into Sorin.