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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.

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  1. Cover
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  1. Frontmatter
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  1. Contents
  2. p. v
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  1. Foreword
  2. pp. vii-xiv
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  1. Author’s Preface to the English Edition
  2. pp. xv-xvi
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  1. Translator’s Preface
  2. pp. xvii-xxi
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  1. Historical Periods Covered in This Volume
  2. p. xxii
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  1. Introduction
  2. pp. xxiii-xxvii
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  1. Part 1. The Classic of Tea
  1. Chapter 1: The Advent of Lu Yu and The Classic of Tea
  2. pp. 3-30
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  1. Chapter 2: Tea in China after The Classic of Tea
  2. pp. 31-43
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  1. Part 2. The Arrival of Tea in Japan
  1. Chapter 3: Tea in the Heian Era
  2. pp. 47-56
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  1. Chapter 4: The Ethos of the Kissa Yōjōki
  2. pp. 57-74
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  1. Chapter 5: Tea in the Temples of the Medieval Era [Includes Image Plates]
  2. pp. 75-88
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  1. Chapter 6: The Vogue of Tea Contests
  2. pp. 89-115
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  1. Part 3. The Creation of a Way of Tea
  1. Chapter 7: Murata Jukō and the Birth of the Way of Tea
  2. pp. 119-145
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  1. Chapter 8: Takeno Jōō and the Maturation of the Way of Tea
  2. pp. 146-157
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  1. Chapter 9: Rikyū and the Fruition of the Way of Tea
  2. pp. 158-176
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  1. Conclusion
  2. pp. 177-188
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  1. Notes
  2. pp. 189-211
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  1. Bibliography
  2. pp. 213-218
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  1. Index
  2. pp. 219-229
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