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The Book of Tea (1906) by Okakura Kakuzo has long become a classic.
Its title notwithstanding, the book is not a manual on tea. Rather
it is an essay, better a hymn, to culture, aesthetics and the
spirit of tea as a symbol, a paradigm, of the Asian soul. It was
created by a passionate Japanese scholar whose life was devoted to
renew and spread the values of the East in the same moment in which
his own country seemed to deny them in order to embrace Western
culture. This new edition has an important apparatus of over 200
notes to explain the contents of the book and supply all the
information needed to understand it fully (concepts of Eastern
philosophy, history, geography, biographical information),
something that so far has never been done. It also contains an
important essay by Giancarlo Calza on Okakura and his role to
foster intercultural understanding and the development of
spirituality through the aesthetics and practice of the tea
ceremony as a style of life. Contents: The Cup of Humanity; The
Schools of Tea; Taoism and Zennism; The Tea-room; Art Appreciation;
Flowers; Tea-masters; Okakura: A Life in Style by Giancarlo Calza
Hiroshige (1797-1858), Japanese painter and printmaker, is known
especially for his landscape prints. The last great figure of the
popular ukiyo-e school of printmaking, he transmuted everyday
landscapes into intimate, lyrical scenes. With Hokusai, Hiroshige
dominated the popular art of Japan in the first half of the
nineteenth century. He captured, in a poetic, gentle way that all
could understand, the ordinary person's experience of the Japanese
landscape, as well as the varied moods of memorable places at
different times. His total output was immense, some 5400 prints in
all. Ukiyo-e publishing was not a cultural institution subsidized
by public funds, but rather a commercial business. During his
lifetime, Hiroshige was well known and commercially successful. But
the Japanese society did not take too much notice of him. His real
reputation started with his discovery in Europe. This beautiful
book, published on the occasion of a major exhibition in Rome,
examines various aspects of Hiroshige's oeuvre and reproduces in
color some two hundred of his prints. The comprehensive text
examines his life and achievement as well as his masterwork, and
explains the particular qualities that make Hiroshige such an
essential artist.
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