The Book Of Tea

Okakura Kakuzo


Published By: T. N. Foulis

Kazuko's classic Meiji era 'The Book Of Tea' in hardback with a pictorial cloth binding. Text block untrimmed with very minor foxing. Tipped-in colour plate for the frontispiece depicting 'Coloured Stones' by Korin. Further illustrations include woodcuts, black and white photographs, and tipped-in plates. Clean pages with little toning to the endpapers. Chapters include 'The Cup Of Humanity', 'Taoism And Zennism', 'Tea Masters' with appropriate illustrations befitting an elegant book. In addition there are Appendices on (1) 'The Tea-House, The Garden House, & The Ceremony' and (2) 'The Pottery Of The CHA-NO-YU' with black and white photographs of pottery from The South Kensington Museum. pp.xi+no futher pagination. Very good overall. This would make an ideal gift.

Book Condition: Very Good

Author: Okakura Kakuzo

Binding: Hardback

Price £65.00


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