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Book of Tea

by Kakuzo Okakura

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54 pages2016CreateSpace Independent Publishing PlatformISBN 9781539908845
Japanese tea ceremonySocial life and customsTeaPhilosophyChadōFictionCooking & FoodNew AgeClassic LiteratureNonfictionManners and customsTheeceremonieJapan, social life and customsEasternCulture traditionnellePhilosophieThéCérémonie japonaise du théCérémonie du théMœurs et coutumes

About this book

Tea began as a medicine and grew into a beverage. In China, in the eighth century, it entered the realm of poetry as one of the polite amusements. The fifteenth century saw Japan ennoble it into a religion of aestheticism - Teaism. Teaism is a cult founded on the adoration of the beautiful among the sordid facts of everyday existence. It inculcates purity and harmony, the mystery of mutual charity, the romanticism of the social order.

Publication Details

Publisher
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Published
2016
Pages
54
ISBN
9781539908845
Language
en

About Kakuzo Okakura

*In this Japanese name, the family name is Okakura.* Okakura Kakuzō (岡倉 覚三, February 14, 1862 – September 2, 1913; also known as 岡倉 天心 Okakura Tenshin) was a Japanese scholar who contributed to the development of arts in Japan. Outside of Japan, he is chiefly remembered today as the author of The Book of Tea.

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