The Book of Tea (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781512266542)

Tea began as a medicine and grew into a beverage. In China, in the eighth century, it entered the realm of poetry as one of the polite amusements. The fifteenth century saw Japan ennoble it into a religion of aestheticism-Teaism. Teaism is a cult founded on the adoration of the beautiful among the sordid facts of everyday existence. It inculcates purity and harmony, the mystery of mutual charity, the romanticism of the social order. It is essentially a worship of the Imperfect, as it is a tender attempt to accomplish something possible in this impossible thing we know as life.

Author: Kakuzo Okakura
ISBN-10: 151226654X
ISBN-13: 9781512266542
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 05/18/2015
Pages: 50
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.18lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.10d