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Synopsis:
Written in the early-20th century, this book on the meaning and practice of tea is less about tea than it is about the philosophical and aesthetic traditions basic to Japanese culture.
megcampbell3, October 27, 2007 (view all comments by megcampbell3)
My surprise read of 2007, straight from the early 20th century. A delight, a revelation. A history of tea that turns out to be a precise, lovely and wise book about the ways of the world, from ancestral Japan. If asked today, this is the book I'd choose to have on an island if I could have only one. It is ideal.
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Product details
160 p. pages
Kodansha International (JPN) -
English9784770015426
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by Gardners,
Written in the early-20th century, this book on the meaning and practice of tea is less about tea than it is about the philosophical and aesthetic traditions basic to Japanese culture.
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