The Book of Tea.The Book of Tea Kakuzo Okakura Kodansha America, Inc. 575 Lexington Av, 23rd fl, NY NY 10022 www.kodansha-intl.com 4770030142 $19.95 1-800-451-7556 Originally written a century ago, by the son of a samurai samurai (sä'm  rī`), knights of feudal Japan, retainers of the daimyo. This aristocratic warrior class arose during the 12th-century wars between the Taira and Minamoto clans and was family who became an assistant curator to the Chinese and Japanese Department of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts Boston Museum of Fine Arts: see Museum of Fine Arts, at Boston, Mass. , The Book Of Tea is more than an introduction to the Japanese art Japanese art, works of art created in the islands that make up the nation of Japan.
Early WorksThe earliest art of Japan, probably dating from the 3d and 2d millennia B.C. and practice of the tea ceremony--it has served as a seminal bridge to Asian life and thought in English and a work of cultural bridge-building. The Book Of Tea was in fact written in English, in order to prove accessible to English-speakers, and presents chanoyu (literally "the way of tea") as a spiritual culture and a ritual that interlaces with the "Art of Life" itself. A handful of black-and-white illustrations intersperse in·ter·sperse tr.v. in·ter·spersed, in·ter·spers·ing, in·ter·spers·es 1. To distribute among other things at intervals: the methodical me·thod·i·cal also me·thod·ic adj. 1. Arranged or proceeding in regular, systematic order. 2. Characterized by ordered and systematic habits or behavior. See Synonyms at orderly. , philosophical, and spiritual discussions of all aspects of the tea ceremony. The Book Of Tea is very highly recommended especially for students of Japanese culture and arts. |
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