First published in 1883 and written by the foremost authority of the era, this extremely influential book offers a brief but concise introduction to Asian art. One of its major themes, the connections between spirituality and the evolution of Asian art, provided the earliest lucid English-language a[...]
For a generation adjusting painfully to the demands of a modern industrial and commercial society, Asia came to represent an alternative vision of the good life: aesthetically austere, socially aristocratic, and imbued with spirituality. "The Book of Tea" was originally written in English and sought[...]
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 A[...]
A description of the Japanese tea ceremony that evokes Eastern culture as a whole
"The long isolation of Japan from the rest of the world, so conducive to introspection, has been highly favourable to the development of Teaism. Our home and habits, costume and cuisine, porcelain, lacquer, painting-our very literature-all have been subject to its influence. No student of Japanese c[...]
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 re[...]
The Book of Tea has served for more than a century as one of the most perceptive introductions to Asian life and thought in English. Publication of the book was a pioneering effort in the cultural bridge-building between East and West. Kakuzo Okakura perceived chanoyuâliterally, "the way of tea[...]
Det er 100 år siden Okakura Kakuzo ga ut sin legendariske Book of tea. Den gir et glimrende innblikk i estetikken, etikken og filosofien bak japanernes tedrikking og teseremonier. Boka er ikke bare en vakker tekst, den gir også god informasjon om ulike tetyper og hvordan en bør tilberede og drikk[...]
Kirja teestä on itäaasialaisen estetiikan klassikko. Japanilainen, Yhdysvalloissa loppuelämänsä työskennellyt Kakuzo Okakura (1862-1913) oli aikansa merkittävimpiä japanilaisen ja kiinalaisen taiteen tuntijoita. Vuonna 1906 ilmestyneen viehättävän kirjansa teestä hän kirjoitti alun peri[...]