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by Kakuzo Okakura (Author)

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File Size: 140 KB
Print Length: 57 pages
Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1619491907
Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
Publisher: Public Domain Books (January 1, 1997)
Publication Date: January 1, 1997
Sold by: Amazon Digital Services LLC
Language: English
ASIN: B000JQUVMC
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Abbigail Holmes

Beatiful book about beauty of the moment

October 7, 2017

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I love this book!
It is not only a guide through history of tea, but a guide through the history of humanity, history of the relation between East and West and its values. The way it is written is poetic but it is still showing what the main differences between East and West are and how we are unable to understand the beauty of the moment, the beauty of present time, which is in the center of the tea ceremony.
Western people are so determined to stick to their past and trying so hard to conquer their future that they forget to enjoy the only time they really can feel, the only time in which they can do something: the present time.

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Jaideep Khanduja

Where East Meets West

October 15, 2014

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Book Review: The Book Of Tea by Kakuzō Okakura: Where East Meets West

The Book Of Tea by Kakuzō Okakura is a very interesting book by a person in Japan whose main focus in life had been to develop arts in Japan and is a quite well known entity. He was born in 1863 and died in 1913. This non-fiction work by him has become a legendary book and is referred to at large, worldwide. He is also known for creating and developing the first fine arts academy in Japan in 1890 named as The Tokyo School of

Fine Arts. Years later, Kakuzō Okakura created the Japan Arts Institute. He was the first Asian to become the head of the Asian art division in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, in the year 1910.

Apart from The Book Of Tea by Kakuzō Okakura, there is another book titled The Ideals of the East by the same author that became a big hit, the moment it was published in 1904. The Book of Tea is an artistic masterpiece in many aspects and that is why it is a pride factor for all tea lovers, sellers and tea focused restaurants to possess and showcase it. It is a must to have book to make your understanding about tea making, drinking and enjoying. Basically it tells you amazing facts about all the three arenas of tea. The book was published in 1906 in Boston. The book of Tea by Kakuzō Okakura has more in store for you beyond tea making, drinking and enjoying. It talks about Zen, Taoism, easter and western cultures, various traditions and aspects of tea, Japanese arts & culture; and to some extent it tries to amalgamate the various cultures across the globe.

The book of Tea by Kakuzō Okakura focuses on tea industry, tea traditions, Japanese culture and about the simplicity factor found so widely in Japan. He wrote somewhere in the book about how tea induces simplicity and thereby impacts on the arts and culture of Japan. It is more that a century old book but still has a wide readership and admiration. The credit goes to the excellent style in which it has been presented by Kakuzō Okakura.

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Alexandra Ciobota

I particularly liked one story in The Book of Tea

October 14, 2015

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This is a very lovely book and a bit of a hard reading. Where I expected a book about tea alone, I found a book about Asian philosophy and Teaism.

Okakura Kakuzō explains how Teaism came to be, the ritual, the tea house. He also shows ways the tea influenced Japanese art and culture.

Now I know Asians used to put onions and salt in their tea in the early days of Teaism. Although I drank onion tea (for respiratory conditions), I must say I have never thought tea and salt mixed.

I particularly liked one story in The Book of Tea:

"One day Soshi was walking on the bank of a river with a friend. 'How delightfully the fishes are enjoying themselves in the water!' exclaimed Soshi. His friend spake to him thus: 'You are not a fish; how do you know that the fishes are enjoying themselves?' 'You are not myself', returned Soshi; 'how do you know that I do not know that the fishes are enjoying themselves?'"

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Celeste Thayer

Interesting old book

January 19, 2013

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I like the viewpoint of the author, who seems to be knowledgeable about both Western and Eastern culture. I thought I would get a lot of practical knowledge about tea from this, but instead I got a lot of tea history and tea philosophy. I'm not disappointed by the assault on my preconceptions, either! Good book...

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Justin McKean

There is so much more to tea than tea.

March 13, 2017

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A compelling description of tea, its history and relationship to Zen, and the culture of its consumption. I found and highlighted several insights. This seems a book which calls for being read at regular intervals: every month or three, for example.

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Tea as Philosophy: a look at contemplation, conversation, and Western Condescension

September 1, 2017

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Written in exquisite turn-of-the-century British English by a native Japanese, this introductory glimpse into his culture is a wonderful primer. He addresses the then prevailing European view of the "Little Yellow Man" point of view and addresses its inadequacies. Teaism is presented for what it is: a wonderful complement to the great Asian philosophies.

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