by Okakura Kakuzo · ISBN 9788441439153
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Immerse yourself in the serenity and ancestral wisdom with 'The Book of Tea' by Okakura Kakuzo. This edition from Editorial Edaf, S.L., published in 2019, invites you to explore the Japanese tea ceremony, revealing its profound cultural and spiritual significance. Through its 176 pages, the author guides us on an introspective journey, where each sip is an opportunity for contemplation and encounter with oneself. Discover the beauty in simplicity and harmony in every detail of this ancient tradition.
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.
