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The book of tea
by Okakura Kakuzo
First Published
2009
Subjects
Japanese tea ceremony
Social life and customs
Tea
Philosophy
Chadō
Fiction
Cooking & Food
New Age
Classic Literature
Nonfiction
Manners and customs
Theeceremonie
Japan, social life and customs
Eastern
Culture traditionnelle
Philosophie
Thé
Cérémonie japonaise du thé
Cérémonie du thé
Mœurs et coutumes
Boissons
Fonctions sociales
Maîtres du thé
Civilisation
Japan -- Social life and customs
Description
Tea began as a medicine and grew into a beverage. In China, in the eighth century, it entered the realm of poetry as one of the polite amusements. The fifteenth century saw Japan ennoble it into a religion of aestheticism - Teaism. Teaism is a cult founded on the adoration of the beautiful among the sordid facts of everyday existence. It inculcates purity and harmony, the mystery of mutual charity, the romanticism of the social order.