Description
| Product ID: | 9781838861094 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Chinese Bound |
| Title: | The Book of Tea |
| Subtitle: | Japanese Tea Ceremonies and Culture |
| Authors: | Author: Okakura Kakuzo |
| Page Count: | 96 |
| Subjects: | Social and cultural history, Social & cultural history, Zen Buddhism, Taoism, Mind, body, spirit: thought and practice, Food and drink: non-alcoholic beverages, Gift books, Zen Buddhism, Taoism, Mind, Body, Spirit: thought & practice, Non-alcoholic beverages, Gift books, Japan, Modern period, c 1500 onwards |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating The Book of Tea, written in English in 1906 for a Western audience, celebrates the secular art of the Japanese tea ceremony and linking its importance with Zen Buddhism and Taoism. Covering cultural life, aesthetics and philosophy, this is an exquisitely produced edition using traditional Chinese bookbinding techniques. ‘Tea began as a medicine and grew into a beverage,’ are the opening words of Okakura Kakuzō’s The Book of Tea, written in English in 1906 for a Western audience. The book is a long essay celebrating the secular art of the Japanese tea ceremony and linking its importance with Zen Buddhism and Taoism. It is both about cultural life, aesthetics and philosophy, emphasising how Teaism – a term Kakuzō coined – taught the Japanese many things; most importantly, simplicity, which can be seen in Japanese art and architecture. Looking back at the evolution of the Japanese tea ceremony, Kakuzō argues that Teaism, in itself, is one of the profound universal remedies that two parties could sit down to. Where the West had scoffed at Eastern religion and morals, it held Eastern tea ceremonies in high regard. |
| Imprint Name: | Amber Books |
| Publisher Name: | Amber Books Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2021-10-14 |