Author: Okakura Kakuzo

The Book of Tea describes all aspects of the Japanese tea ceremony and explains how its rituals blend seamlessly with traditional Japanese life.Par...

The Book of Tea (1906) is a book-length essay by Okakura Kakuz. Connected to the authors overall project of celebrating Japanese culture and emphas...

The Book of Tea (1906) by Okakura Kakuz has long become a classic. Its title notwithstanding, the book is not a manual on tea. Rather it is an essa...

Tea began as a medicine and grew into a beverage, are the opening words of Okakura Kakuzs The Book of Tea, written in English in 1906 for a Western...

Written over a century ago when Japan was abandoning its rich traditions to embrace the hysteria of colonization, this classic written by Okakura K...