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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
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The Book of Tea (Paperback)
Kakuzo Okakura; Adapted by Michael Brase
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R325
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"The Book of Tea" is a description of the history, underlying
philosophy, and aesthetics of the Japanese tea ceremony. It is
also, and more importantly, a book about how to live a meaningful
life. It is about nature and simplicity, about art and beauty,
about the unfathomable depth in the small things in life that
surround us. In this edition of "The Book of Tea," the author,
Kakuzo Okakura, writes:
"The way of tea is founded on a love of what is beautiful in our
common everyday lives. It teaches purity and harmony, mutual
respect, and the importance of nature and the individual. It is
essentially a worship of the imperfect. It is an attempt to
accomplish something possible in this impossible world of
ours."
Part of the "Classics Retold to be Read, Not just Revered"
series, the aim of this retelling of "The Book of Tea" is to make
the book more widely accessible -- without diluting its
intellectual content -- for both young and emerging adults seeking
broader perspectives as well as intellectually curious older
readers. The book will be of particular interest to those who want
a deeper insight into the tea ceremony, flower arrangement, and
Japanese aesthetics. The text is set in a slightly larger typeface
for easier reading.
The Author
Kakuzo Okakura (1863-1913), was born in Yokohama five years before
the outset of the Meiji period, which marked the end of over 200
years of national isolation and the beginning of Japan's headlong
rush to transform itself into a military and industrial power that
could resist Western incursions and colonization. Yokohama was a
boisterous international port, and Okakura's father, a samurai
stationed there for business reasons, was a progressive thinker,
who started Okakura learning English at the age of six. Okakura's
most important works, including "The Book of Tea" (1906), were
written in English, and devoted to explaining and defending
Japanese and Asian culture.
The era in which Okakura lived was characterized by Western
inroads into Asian countries. The West, thanks to the industrial
revolution, was materially and militarily superior to the East, and
considered itself to be culturally superior as well. Through heroic
effort, Japan built up its industry and military, and when it
emerged victorious from the Russo-Japanese War in 1905, it became
the first non-Western country to achieve international recognition
by Western powers.
Okakura, however, was not concerned with this type of
recognition. He wanted recognition for Japanese and Eastern arts
and culture, and he felt the need to preserve them from increasing
Westernization. In 1887 he was one of the founders of the first
Japanese fine arts academy, and in 1898 he helped found the
Japanese Institute of Fine Arts. In 1904 he was invited to the
Boston Museum of Fine Arts as a curator, and in 1910 he became the
first head of the Asian art division of that Museum. He died in
1913 at the age of fifty, having devoted his life to preserving
Japan's traditional cultural heritage. Important figures influenced
by Okakura include the German philosopher Martin Heidegger, the
American poet Ezra Pound, the Indian poet Rabindranth Tagore, the
American art collector Isabella Stewart Gardner, and the British
translator Arthur Waley.
The Book of Tea is a fascinating examination of Japanese thought
and culture through its most central element - the tea ceremony. It
was written in 1906, at a time when Japan was becoming a major
player on the international scene. Author Kakuzo Okakura's fluency
in English and expertise in the traditional arts rendered him
uniquely qualified to help promote understanding between Japan and
the West. The book offers a detailed account of the spiritual and
philosophical significance of "the way of tea," tracing it's Taoist
and Zen Buddhist roots, as well as a more material look at the
effects of tea on Japanese life. Enlightening and entertaining, The
Book of Tea is an unmissable classic.
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The Book of Tea (Hardcover)
Kakuzo Okakura; Edited by 1stworld Library; Created by 1stworld Publishing
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R564
Discovery Miles 5 640
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Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support
our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online
at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - Tea began as a medicine and grew
into a beverage. In China, in the eighth century, it entered the
realm of poetry as one of the polite amusements. The fifteenth
century saw Japan ennoble it into a religion of aestheticism -
Teaism. Teaism is a cult founded on the adoration of the beautiful
among the sordid facts of everyday existence. It inculcates purity
and harmony, the mystery of mutual charity, the romanticism of the
social order. It is essentially a worship of the Imperfect, as it
is a tender attempt to accomplish something possible in this
impossible thing we know as life. The Philosophy of Tea is not mere
aestheticism in the ordinary acceptance of the term, for it
expresses conjointly with ethics and religion our whole point of
view about man and nature. It is hygiene, for it enforces
cleanliness; it is economics, for it shows comfort in simplicity
rather than in the complex and costly; it is moral geometry,
inasmuch as it defines our sense of proportion to the universe. It
represents the true spirit of Eastern democracy by making all its
votaries aristocrats in taste.
'Meanwhile, let us have a sip of tea. The afternoon glow is
brightening the bamboos, the fountains are bubbling with delight,
the soughing of the pines is heard in our kettle.' In this charming
book from 1906, Okakura explores Zen, Taoism, Tea Masters and the
significance of the Japanese tea ceremony. One of 46 new books in
the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the
first ever Penguin Classic in 1946. Each book gives readers a taste
of the Classics' huge range and diversity, with works from around
the world and across the centuries - including fables, decadence,
heartbreak, tall tales, satire, ghosts, battles and elephants.
Minor classic of the Orient. Perhaps the most entertaining, most charming explanation and interpretation of traditional Japanese culture in terms of the tea ceremony. Introduction, notes by E. F. Bleiler. "Provocative and entertaining, this edition is particularly pleasing in format."-Guide to Asia Paperbacks.
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The Book of Tea
Kakuzo Okakura
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The Book of Tea (Paperback)
Kakuzo Okakura; Foreword by Anita B. Schafer
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R286
R238
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