The Book of Tea : The Illustrated Classic Edition
by Kakuzo, Okakura
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0804832196
- ISBN 13
- 9780804832199
- Seller
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Decatur, Illinois, United States
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Synopsis
Zen and the art of tea-the classic book about the Japanese tea ceremony that is as much a guide to life. Ritualized, romantic, and historically rich, the tea ceremony is the creation of something beautiful out of the everyday. Originally written in English more than a hundred years ago to be read aloud at Isabella Stewart Gardner's famous salon, The Book of Tea presents the meeting of East and West in a teacup. It explores Asian culture through the history and aestheticism-or "teaism"-of the tea ceremony and also suggests a deep connection between beauty and war, and between flowers and social mores. In its formality, attention to detail, and celebration of beauty and harmony, the tea ceremony encapsulates the Japanese view of life-in fact, the art of life.
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- Bookseller
- Novel Ideas Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 180759
- Title
- The Book of Tea : The Illustrated Classic Edition
- Author
- Kakuzo, Okakura
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- Second Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0804832196
- ISBN 13
- 9780804832199
- Publisher
- Tuttle Publishing
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 2000
- Keywords
- 0804832196
- Bookseller catalogs
- Cookbooks;
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