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Stories from a Tearoom Window: Lore and Legends of the Japanese Tea Ceremony

Door Shigenori Chikamatsu

Categorie
Geschiedenis Azië
Boeknummer
#354944-ZC24
Titel
Stories from a Tearoom Window: Lore and Legends of the Japanese Tea Ceremony
Auteur
Chikamatsu, Shigenori
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij
Tokyo : Tuttle
Jaar van uitgave
1982
ISBN10
4805310634
ISBN13
9784805310632
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Original decorative boards, dust jacket, illustrations in b/w, small 8vo.
Samenvatting
The Japanese tea ceremony blends art with nature and has for centuries brought harmony to the daily life of its practitioners.
Stories From a Tearoom Window is a timeless collection of tales of the ancient tea sages, compiled in the eighteenth century. Both longtime adherents and newcomers to the tea ceremony will be fascinated by these legends, anecdotes, bits of lore and history that so aptly express the essence of tea.
Many of these stories center around the lives of the great tea masters. First among them is Sen no Rikyu, who perfected the tea ceremony and embodies its poise, modesty and refinement. Among the famous tales recounted here are those of Rikyu's morning glory tea ceremony and of his tragic death. Darker presences of the great warlords Nobunaga and Hideyoshi, who sponsored... (Lees verder) and also abused Rikyu, are manifest as well.
Holding to the tea ceremony's core ideal of natural simplicity, author Shigenori Chikamatsu brings to the page stories which touch on the related arts of ceramics, poetry, Zen, calligraphy, and the origins of everyday items of Japanese life such as the cotton tabi split-toed socks and the bento lunchbox.
Pagina's
191
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 15,00

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