Tea of the sages
Subtitle: the art of sencha
By: Patricia J. Graham.
Publisher: University of Hawaiʻi Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Honolulu
Language: eng
Number of pages: 259
Subjects: Japanese tea ceremony.
Other titles: Art of sencha
Description: The Japanese tea ceremony is generally identified with chanoyu and its bowls of whipped, powdered green tea served in surroundings influenced by the tenets of Zen Buddhism. Tea of the Sages is the first English-language study of the alternate tea tradition of sencha. At sencha tea gatherings, steeped green leaf tea is prepared in an atmosphere indebted to the humanistic values of the Chinese sages and the materialistic culture of elite Chinese society during the Ming and Qing dynasties.

This exceptionally well-illustrated volume explores sencha's philosophy and arts from the seventeenth century to the present.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-239) and index.