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Book of Tea
Book of Tea
Author: Kakuzo Okakura
In 1906 in turn-of-the century Boston, a small, esoteric book about tea was written with the intention of being read aloud in the famous salon of Isabella Gardner. It was authored by Okakura Kakuzo, a Japanese philosopher, art expert, and curator. Little known at the time, Kakuzo would emerge as one of the great thinkers of the early 20th cent...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780804800693
ISBN-10: 0804800693
Publication Date: 6/1956
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Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: 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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