The book of tea

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Okakura Kakuzo: The book of tea (1906, Putman's sons)

160 pages

English language

Published Nov. 26, 1906 by Putman's sons.

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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.

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Subjects

  • Tea.
  • Japanese tea ceremony.
  • Japan -- Social life and customs.

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