The Japanese Way of Tea: From Its Origins in China to Sen Rikyu 9780824864804
Almost a millennium before the perfection of chado (the Way of Tea) by Sen Rikyu (1522-1591), the Chinese scholar-offici
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English Pages 262 [263] Year 1997
Table of contents :
Contents
Foreword
Author’s Preface To The English Edition
Translator’s Preface
Historical Periods Covered in this Volume
Introduction
Part 1. The Classic Of Tea
1. The Advent of Lu Yu and the Classic of Tea
2. Tea in China After the Classic of Tea
Part 2. The Arrival of Tea in Japan
3. Tea in the Heian Era
4. The Ethos of the Kissa Yōjōki
5. Tea in the Temples of the Medieval Era
6. The Vogue of Tea Contests
Part 3. The Creation of A Way of Tea
7. Murata Jukō and the Birth of the Way of Tea
8. Takeno Jōō and the Maturation of The Way of Tea
9. Rikyū and the Fruition of the Way of Tea
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
