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"Transcending the narrow confines of its title, presents a unified concept of life, art and nature. Along the way exploring topics related to tea appreciation, including Zen, flower arranging and Taoism. An early cultural activist, Okakura's mission was to preserve Japanese art... Read Full Overview

Zen and the art of tea--the classic book about the Japanese tea ceremony that is as much a guide to life

First thoroughly annotated edition of The Book of Tea, the most important book on tea in the culture of Asia and the tea ceremony, with particular regard to Japan

Kakuzo Okakura, who was known in America as a scholar, art critic, and Curator of Chinese and Japanese Art at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, directed almost his entire adult life toward the preservation and reawakening of the Japanese national heritage -- in art, ethics, social... Read Full Overview

El Libro del t es una exquisita introducci n a la historia, la filosof a y la pr ctica de la ceremonia japonesa del t , el ritual zen por excelencia.Preparar un t requiere una atenci n especial por los detalles. La armon a de cada uno de los movimientos, el equilibrio de aromas... Read Full Overview

An elegant and intellectual work, "The Book of Tea" was written in 1906 by Okakura Kakuzo, a brilliant Japanese man with an early education in English. Through his intimate knowledge of Japanese aesthetics and ability to effectively communicate them to a Western audience,... Read Full Overview

Edici?n anotada y en espa?ol de "The Book of Tea", de Okakura Kakuzo.Biograf?a de Okakura Kakuzo, cronolog?a de las dinast?as chinas y notas por Natalio Cardoso.----------------------------------------------Obra maestra sobre la cultura japonesa----------------------------------------------En... Read Full Overview

With a new introduction, this is an exquisitely produced edition of a classic text made using traditional Chinese bookbinding techniques.

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... Read Full Overview

The Book of Tea describes all aspects of the Japanese tea ceremony and explains how its rituals blend seamlessly with traditional Japanese life.

This modern classic invites the reader to discover a unique tradition that has come to symbolize the wisdom, beauty, and the elegant simplicity of Asian culture. The author celebrates the Way of Tea from its ancient origins in Chinese Taoism to its culmination in the Zen discipline... Read Full Overview