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Book of Tea
Book of Tea
Author: Okakura Kakuzo
1906. Teaism is a cult founded on the adoration of the beautiful among the sordid facts of everyday existence. It is essentially a worship of the imperfect, as it is a tender attempt to accomplish something possible in this impossible thing we call life. Contents: cup of humanity; schools of tea; Taoism and Zennism; tea room; art appreciation; f...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780766140417
ISBN-10: 0766140415
Pages: 172
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Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Book Type: Paperback
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I was recommended this book via a sculpture professor. It "blends a hsitory of tea and the Japanese tea ceremony with descriptions of Taoism and Zen...teh result is an eloguent treatise on tea and the aesthetics of Japan." (back cover) I appreciated the subtle ties of eastern culture and western ways.


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