Rediscovering Rikyu: And the Beginnings of the Japanese Tea Ceremony

by Herbert E. Plutschow

For the first time, Rikyu's tea is considered as a profoundly important political as well as a socio-religious ritual in response to the dramatic changes taking place in the country at large: the hundred-year civil war (Sengoku) period was finally coming to an end and the process of political unification under the strong military leadership of Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi had begun. An important focus in the book is the author's research...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1901903354
• ISBN13: 9781901903355
• Release Date: May 2003
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 8.6"