Title: The Book of Tea
First published: 2001
Description: 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.
Subjects: Japanese tea ceremony, Social life and customs, Tea, Philosophy, Chadō, Fiction, Cooking & Food, New Age, Classic Literature, Nonfiction, Manners and customs, Theeceremonie, Japan, social life and customs, Eastern, Culture traditionnelle, Philosophie, Thé, Cérémonie japonaise du thé, Cérémonie du thé, Mœurs et coutumes, Boissons, Fonctions sociales, Maîtres du thé, Civilisation, Japan -- Social life and customs, History, Correspondence
Places: Japan
People: Kakuzō Okakura (1862-1913)