Kakuzō Okakura
The Book of Tea
94 pages, paperback
Dimensions: 10.8 x 17.8 cm
ISBN 9780648531593
Published October 2020
Scholar and historian Kakuzō Okakura celebrates the history of tea and the Japanese tea ceremony in this classic text, and explores the connection of the Way of Tea to art, architecture, flowers, philosophy and religion. The Book of Tea is a delightful, meandering stroll through the world of tea in the company of an entertaining, highly educated raconteur.
Kakuzō Okakura (1863–1913) communicated the culture of Japan to the West at a time when the country was opening up to Western influence and was in danger of losing its traditions. A national figure in the art world, he travelled to America, Europe, India and China, and in his later years became the head of the Asian art division at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.