Tea life, tea mind
"Understanding the deep and vital connection between Japanese art and the Way of Tea is a prerequisite for the appreciation of Japanese culture in general. Here, for the first time in English, a tea master tells how he was prepared from childhood to master the spiritual, scholastic, and technical aspects of the Way of Tea and became the leader of more than two million practitioners. The book's intimate style leads the reader to an understanding of the spirit, joy, and discipline of tea"--
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- Full title :Tea life, tea mind / Soshitsu Sen XV ; [translated and edited in the Foreign Affairs Section, Urasenke Foundation].
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"Understanding the deep and vital connection between Japanese art and the Way of Tea is a prerequisite for the appreciation of Japanese culture in general. Here, for the first time in English, a tea master tells how he was prepared from childhood to master the spiritual, scholastic, and technical aspects of the Way of Tea and became the leader of more than two million practitioners. The book's intimate style leads the reader to an understanding of the spirit, joy, and discipline of tea"--
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- Publication Date:1979.
- Edition:First edition
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Weatherhill
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:1979.
The Physical Object
- Description:95 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : : portrait ; : 21 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780834801424, 0834801426
- oclc:ocm04775125
- LC Classification:GT2910
- Dewey Decimal:394.1/2
Table of Contents
Mastering the way -- Host and guest -- Setting the stage -- The place of practice -- The need for a discipline -- The taste of tea and zen -- Furyu -- Wabi -- Insufficiency -- Restraint -- To those who aspire to follow the way of tea.
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