The Book of Tea - Paperback

by Kakuzo Okakura (Author)

A timeless classic that points to tea as Asia's unique power to influence the world.

Author Biography

Kakuzo Okakura (1863-1913) was an administrator and scholar who had a profound effect on art and aesthetics both in Japan and the West. He helped found an arts college and in 1904 became an assistant curator at Boston's Museum of Fine Arts. Through his writings, Okakura was able to permanently affect the way the West viewed Japan and Asia.