The Book of Tea: A Japanese Harmony of Art Culture and the Simple Life,
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781241074944 (1241074941)
Publish date: February 15th 2011
Publisher: Primary Sources, Historical Collections
Pages no: 176
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Non Fiction,
History,
Cultural,
Food And Drink,
Food,
Art,
Religion,
Philosophy,
Asian Literature,
Asia,
Spirituality,
Japan,
Japanese Literature
A good book about the history of tea.
I started reading this book as I'd read somewhere that this is one of the greatest tea classics of all times, not that I knew what a TEA CLASSIC is. In the Indian society, it is a cultural norm to offer tea to guests and visitors. It is quite a tradition that is being followed since ages. So when I ...
This book was just wonderful. It discusses the history of teaism in Asia (mainly Japan but also China). It’s written in a very poetic and philosophical manner. Not only does the book talk about tea, it also talks about how tea has influenced Japanese culture, especially Japanese cuisine, clothing, l...
Great introductory book into the "art of tea" from an Asian perspective.
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