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Book of Tea
ISBN/GTIN

Book of Tea

Beauty, Simplicity and the Zen Aesthetic
E-bookEPUBDRM AdobeE-book
Ranking173012inReligion
CHF12.90

Description

"Transcending the narrow confines of its title, presents a unified concept of life, art and nature. Along the way exploring topics related to tea appreciation, including Zen, flower arranging and Taoism. An early cultural activist, Okakura's mission was to preserve Japanese art and aesthetic practices from an extinction that seemed imminent. -- Stephen Mansfield, The Japan Times"
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Additional ISBN/GTIN9781462920495
Product TypeE-book
BindingE-book
FormatEPUB
Format noteDRM Adobe
Publishing date20/11/2018
Pages128 pages
LanguageEnglish
File size5941 Kbytes
Illustrationsb&w photos
Article no.6509452
CatalogsVC
Data source no.2656067
Product groupReligion
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Author

Okakura Kakuzo was born near Tokyo and learned English in his infancy, refining his linguistic skills at the Institute for Foreign Studies in Tokyo. Later he went on to study Oriental Arts at the Tokyo Imperial University. Okakura lived in America for several years where he served as Curator of the Department of Chinese and Japanese art at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. He was instrumental in the acquisition of much of that museum's exemplary collection of Eastern art.

Foreword to the Original Edition by:
Elise Grilli lived and worked in Tokyo for many years. She was an art critic for the Japan Times and published several books on Japanese art including Golden Screen Paintings of Japan and Japanese Picture Scrolls.

New Foreword by:
Andrew Juniper lives in West Sussex, England where he runs the Wabi-Sabi Art Gallery. He also works as a translator for UK and Japanese government bodies.

New Introduction by:
Liza Dalby is an author and anthropologist who, in the 1970s, became the first American woman to become fully trained as a geisha. Her publications include Geisha and the novel The Tale of Murasaki.