In this Book
- The Japanese Way of Tea: From Its Origins in China to Sen Rikyu
- Book
- 1998
- Published by: University of Hawai'i Press
summary
Almost a millennium before the perfection of chado (the Way of Tea) by Sen Rikyu (1522-1591), the Chinese scholar-official Lu Yu (d. 785) wrote exhaustively about tea and its virtues. Grand Tea Master Sen Soshitsu begins his examination of tea's origins and development from the eighth century through the Heian and medieval eras. This volume illustrates that modes of thinking and practices now associated with the Japanese Way of Tea can be traced to China--where from the classical period tea was imbued with a spiritual quality.
Table of Contents
Download Full Book
- Author’s Preface to the English Edition
- pp. xv-xvi
- Translator’s Preface
- pp. xvii-xxi
- Introduction
- pp. xxiii-xxvii
- Part 1. The Classic of Tea
- Part 2. The Arrival of Tea in Japan
- Chapter 3: Tea in the Heian Era
- pp. 47-56
- Chapter 6: The Vogue of Tea Contests
- pp. 89-115
- Part 3. The Creation of a Way of Tea
- Conclusion
- pp. 177-188
- Bibliography
- pp. 213-218
Additional Information
ISBN
9780824864804
Related ISBN(s)
9780824818975
MARC Record
OCLC
45843082
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No