2012 Reprint of 1956 Edition. Exact facsimile of the original
edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. The
"Book of Tea" by Okakura Kakuz is a long essay linking the role of
tea (Teaism) to the aesthetic and cultural aspects of Japanese
life. Addressed to a western audience, it was originally written in
English and is one of the great English Tea classics. Okakura had
been taught at a young age to speak English and was proficient at
communicating his thoughts to the Western mind. In his book, he
discusses such topics as Zen and Taoism, but also the secular
aspects of tea and Japanese life. The book emphasizes how Teaism
taught the Japanese many things; most importantly, simplicity.
Kakuz argues that this tea-induced simplicity affected art and
architecture, and he was a long-time student of the visual arts. He
ends the book with a chapter on Tea Masters. This edition contains
a new forward and a biographical sketch augmenting the original
1906 edition.
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