Shoko-Ken: A Late Medieval Daime Sukiya Style Japanese Tea-House (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781138981850)

First published in 2003. Built in 1628 at the Koto-in temple in the precincts of Daitoku-ji monastery in Kyoto, the Shoko-ken is a late medieval daime sukiya Japanese tea-house. It is attributed to Hosokawa Tadaoki, also known as Hosokawa Sansai, an aristocrat and daimyo military leader, and a disciple and friend of Sen no Riky?. This work is an extremely thorough look at one of the few remaining tea-houses of the Momoyama era tea-masters who studied with Sen no Rikyu. The English language sources on Hosokawa Sansai and his tea-houses have been exhaustively researched. Many facts and minute observations have been brought together to give even the reader unfamiliar with Tea a sense of the presence which the tea-house still manifests.

Author: Robin Noel Walker
ISBN-10: 1138981850
ISBN-13: 9781138981850
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 03/08/2017
Pages: 340
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.01lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.71d