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Zen Tea Ceremony

Zen Tea Ceremony

Author: Kakuzo Okakura
Publisher: Running Press
Publication Date: 09 Sep 2008
ISBN-13: 9780762432899
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Description


Move over coffee--here's another beverage that's hot! More than a gift for grandma, tea's popularity is spreading as a hip new beverage, while keeping its claim as a classic. In our on-the-go culture, everyone needs time to slow down and unleash from the stress of everyday life. The way of tea is that solution. This kit includes a gorgeous square cloth, incense and holder, tea bowl, metal steeper, and an 88-page "Book of Tea" to serve as a side of enlightenment. Whether one experiences "Zen Tea Ceremony" alone or with others, its resulting delight and harmonizing tranquility will awaken one's true nature.


Author Description


Okakura Kakuzo (1862-1913) was a Japanese art and cultural critic who later served as an advisor and a curator of the Department of Japanese and Chinese Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, from 1903 to 1913. The Book of Tea, his most famous and lasting work, was originally published in 1906 in the United States as an attempt to bridge the spiritual gap between the East and West.






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