Book of Tea
ISBN-13: 9784770030146
Author(s): Kakuzo Okakura
Subjects: VXA
Publisher: Kodansha Europe Head Office
Publisher Imprint: Kodansha USA
Publication Date: 07-02-2006
Format: Hardback
Availability: In stock
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About the book
Making an effort in cultural bridge-building between East and West, this work is a text on the meaning and practice of the tea ceremony. Way of Tea was perceived as a form of spiritual culture - a discipline that transforms itself into an 'art of life' rooted in the religious values of Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism. Written in English in 1906 (exactly 100 years ago), this seminal text on the meaning and practice of the tea ceremony was a pioneering effort in cultural bridge-building between East and West. Okakura perceived cha-no-yu - literally Way of Tea' - as'