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The Book of Tea

by Okakura Kakuzō, 高玮

1906 160 pages eng ★ 4.3 (13 ratings)

Tea began as a medicine and grew into a beverage. In China, in the eighth century, it entered the realm of poetry as one of the polite amusements. The fifteenth century saw Japan ennoble it into a religion of aestheticism - Teaism. Teaism is a cult founded on the adoration of the beautiful among the…

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