The Book of Tea: The Classic Work on the Japanese Tea Ceremony and the Value of Beauty
by Kakuzo Okakura
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- Condition
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- ISBN 10
- 4770030142
- ISBN 13
- 9784770030146
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Synopsis
Zen and the art of tea-the classic book about the Japanese tea ceremony that is as much a guide to life. Ritualized, romantic, and historically rich, the tea ceremony is the creation of something beautiful out of the everyday. Originally written in English more than a hundred years ago to be read aloud at Isabella Stewart Gardner's famous salon, The Book of Tea presents the meeting of East and West in a teacup. It explores Asian culture through the history and aestheticism-or "teaism"-of the tea ceremony and also suggests a deep connection between beauty and war, and between flowers and social mores. In its formality, attention to detail, and celebration of beauty and harmony, the tea ceremony encapsulates the Japanese view of life-in fact, the art of life.
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- Bookseller
- Zoom Books Company (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5AATP60024ZO_ns
- Title
- The Book of Tea: The Classic Work on the Japanese Tea Ceremony and the Value of Beauty
- Author
- Kakuzo Okakura
- Book Condition
- UsedGood
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 4770030142
- ISBN 13
- 9784770030146
- Publisher
- Kodansha International
- Place of Publication
- Tokyo
- This edition first published
- February 16, 2006