by Kakuzo Okakura · Editorial Kairós SA · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788472452367
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The Book of Tea is a modern classic that explores the differences between Eastern and Western mentalities. Kakuzo Okakura analyzes the aesthetic ideals, the influence of religion, and Taoist philosophy in the tea ceremony, turning it into an art and a cult. It highlights the importance of floral arrangements, the distribution of spaces, and the balance between grace and serenity. This edition, translated by Ángel Samblancat, is a literary document of great importance.
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.
