The Book of Tea: Okakura Kakuzo

In this 2011 expanded edition, readers will discover the fascinating character of Okakura Kakuzo and the story of how he came to write one of the twentieth century’s most influential books on art, beauty, and simplicity all steeped in the world’s communal cup of tea. His incredible journey took him from Yokohama to New York, Paris, Bombay, and Boston, where his life intertwined with such luminaries as Rabindranath Tagore, John Singer Sargent, Henry James, John La Farge, Isabella Stewart Gardner, Ezra Pound, and Henri Matisse. His writings influenced the work of such notable artists as Frank Lloyd Wright and Georgia O Keeffe. This edition includes 50 historical photographs and illustrations, Okakura’s classic 1906 text, and a chapter on how how his philosophy continues to inspire today’s tea and art culture. Plus, American tea writer Bruce Richardson includes an illustrated chapter on America’s thirst for Japanese tea in the late 1800s. —- ISBN: 9780983610601 | ISBN10: 0983610606 | ISBN-13: 978-0983610601