The Book of Tea Audiobook Libro.fm

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The Book of Tea was written by Okakura Kakuzo in the early 20th century It was first published in 1906 and has since been republished many times In the book Kakuzo introduces the term Teaism and how Tea has affected nearly every aspect of Japanese culture thought and life The book is noted to be accessible to Western audiences because though Kakuzo was born and raised Japanese he was trained from a young age to speak English and would speak it all his life becoming proficient at communicating his thoughts in the Western Mind In his book he elucidates such topics as Zen and Taoism but also the secular aspects of Tea and Japanese life The book emphasizes how Teaism taught the Japanese many things most importantly simplicity Kakuzo argues that this teainduced simplicity affected art and architecture and he was a longtime student of the visual arts He ends the book with a chapter on Tea Masters and spends some time talking about Sen no Rikyu and his contribution to the Japanese Tea Ceremony