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Japanese Way of Tea: From Its Origin in China to Sen Rikyu
Soshitsu Sen
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Description for Japanese Way of Tea: From Its Origin in China to Sen Rikyu
Paperback. In this text based on research into primary historical records, the author tells his story both as a historian and practitioner of "chanoyu". Translator(s): Morris, V.Dixon. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPJ; HBJF; HBTB; JFC; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 548.
Almost a millennium before the perfection of chado (the Way of Tea) by Sen Rikyu (1522-1591), the Chinese scholar-official Lu Yu (d. 785) wrote exhaustively about tea and its virtues. Grand Tea Master Sen Soshitsu begins his examination of tea's origins and development from the eighth century through the Heian and medieval eras. This volume illustrates that modes of thinking and practices now associated with the Japanese Way of Tea can be traced to China—where from the classical period tea was imbued with a spiritual quality.
Almost a millennium before the perfection of chado (the Way of Tea) by Sen Rikyu (1522-1591), the Chinese scholar-official Lu Yu (d. 785) wrote exhaustively about tea and its virtues. Grand Tea Master Sen Soshitsu begins his examination of tea's origins and development from the eighth century through the Heian and medieval eras. This volume illustrates that modes of thinking and practices now associated with the Japanese Way of Tea can be traced to China—where from the classical period tea was imbued with a spiritual quality.
Product Details
Publisher
University of Hawaii Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Honolulu, HI, United States
ISBN
9780824819903
SKU
V9780824819903
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99-1
Reviews for Japanese Way of Tea: From Its Origin in China to Sen Rikyu
Fills a major gap in the study of tea in English. No other book-length study exists on the origins and development of tea drinking in China and Japan.... [T]he book offers occasional insights into the practice of tea that are true gems, obvious products of a tea master and scholar." —Monumenta Nipponica "Convey[s] eloquently a well-researched history of the tradition, and model[s] the praxis of the tradition in its contemporary form." —Pacific Affairs