num_pages: 128
description: “A seminal guide to Asian life and thought. . . . Very highly recommended.”— Midwest Book Review The classic 1906 essay on tea drinking, its history, aesthetics, and deep connection to Japanese culture. Kakuzo Okakura felt “Teaism” could influence the “Tea with us becomes more than an idealisation of the form of drinking; it is a religion of the art of life.”
language: English
title: The Book of Tea
titlecomplete: The Book of Tea (Stone Bridge Classics)
genres: Classics, History, Philosophy, Japan, Asia, Food, Japanese Literature, Nonfiction, Art, Tea
ratings_count: 14174
places: Boston, Massachusetts, Japan
publisher: Stone Bridge Press