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Examines tea's origins and development from the eighth century to the Heian and medieval eras. This volume illustrates that modes of thinking and practices now associated with the Japanese Way of Tea can be traced to China - where from the classical period tea was imbued with a spiritual quality.

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Fills a major gap in the study of tea in English. No other book-length study exists on the origins and development of tea drinking in China and Japan.... [T]he book offers occasional insights into the practice of tea that are true gems, obvious products of a tea master and scholar." —Monumenta Nipponica

"Convey[s] eloquently a well-researched history of the tradition, and model[s] the praxis of the tradition in its contemporary form." —Pacific Affairs

The Japanese Way of Tea From Its Origins in China

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A Paperback by Sen Soshitsu XV, Sen Soshitsu XV, H.Paul Varley

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    Publisher: University of Hawai'i Press
    Publication Date: 12/30/1997 12:00:00 AM
    ISBN13: 9780824819903, 978-0824819903
    ISBN10: 082481990X
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    History Asian history Social and cultural history Cultural studies: customs and traditions

    Description

    Book Synopsis
    Examines tea's origins and development from the eighth century to the Heian and medieval eras. This volume illustrates that modes of thinking and practices now associated with the Japanese Way of Tea can be traced to China - where from the classical period tea was imbued with a spiritual quality.

    Trade Review
    Fills a major gap in the study of tea in English. No other book-length study exists on the origins and development of tea drinking in China and Japan.... [T]he book offers occasional insights into the practice of tea that are true gems, obvious products of a tea master and scholar." —Monumenta Nipponica

    "Convey[s] eloquently a well-researched history of the tradition, and model[s] the praxis of the tradition in its contemporary form." —Pacific Affairs

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