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Okakura Kakuzō
AuthorBooks · Second hand1863-1913
Okakura Kakuzō , also known as Okakura Tenshin (岡倉 天心), was a Japanese scholar and art critic who in the era of Meiji Restoration reform promoted a critical appreciation of traditional forms, customs and beliefs. Outside Japan, he is chiefly renowned for The Book of Tea: A Japanese Harmony of Art, Culture, and the Simple Life (1906). Written in English, and in the wake of the Russo-Japanese War, it decried Western caricaturing of the Japanese, and of Asians more generally, and expressed the fear that Japan gained respect only to the extent that it adopted the barbarities of Western militarism.
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Birth
1863
Death
1913
First book
1906
Years writing
120
Okakura Kakuzō was a key figure in the preservation and development of traditional Japanese arts.
His most famous work, The Book of Tea, is a global reference for understanding Eastern aesthetics and philosophy.
Beyond his writing, he played a fundamental role as a museum curator and art historian.
Born in Yokohama, he was also known by the pseudonym Okakura Tenshin.
His intellectual legacy includes nearly fifty works dedicated to the history and culture of Japan.