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The Book of Tea
The Book of Tea
Author: Kakuzo Okakura
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 famo...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781438512808
ISBN-10: 1438512805
Publication Date: 3/14/2009
Pages: 56
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Publisher: Book Jungle
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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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.