The Book of Tea
Penguin Classics
Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Eastern, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science
| Author: | Kakuzo Okakura | ISBN: | 9780141932729 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd | Publication: | September 30, 2010 |
| Imprint: | Penguin | Language: | English |
| Author: | Kakuzo Okakura |
| ISBN: | 9780141932729 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Publication: | September 30, 2010 |
| Imprint: | Penguin |
| Language: | English |
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 to address the inchoate yearnings of disaffected Westerners. In a flash of inspiration, Okakura saw that the formal tea party as practiced in New England was a distant cousin of the Japanese tea ceremony, and that East and West had thus "met in the tea-cup."
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 to address the inchoate yearnings of disaffected Westerners. In a flash of inspiration, Okakura saw that the formal tea party as practiced in New England was a distant cousin of the Japanese tea ceremony, and that East and West had thus "met in the tea-cup."
