The Ideologies of Japanese Tea - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Ideologies of Japanese Tea write by Tim Cross. This book was released on 2009-09-01. The Ideologies of Japanese Tea available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This provoking new study of the Japanese tea ceremony (chanoyu) examines the ideological foundation of its place in history and the broader context of Japanese cultural values where it has emerged as a so called ‘quintessential’ component of the culture. It was in fact, Sen Soshitsu Xl, grandmaster of Urasenke, today the most globally prominent tea school, who argued in 1872 that tea should be viewed as the expression of the moral universe of the nation. A practising teamaster himself, the author argues, however, that tea was many other things: it was privilege, politics, power and the lever for passion and commitment in the theatre of war. Through a methodological framework rooted in current approaches, he demonstrates how the iconic images as supposedly timeless examples of Japanese tradition have been the subject of manipulation as ideological tools and speaks to presentations of cultural identity in Japanese society today.
Philosophy of the Japanese tea ceremony
Philosophy of the Japanese tea ceremony - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Philosophy of the Japanese tea ceremony write by Richard A. Berg. This book was released on 1982. Philosophy of the Japanese tea ceremony available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
The Japanese Tea Ceremony
The Japanese Tea Ceremony - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Japanese Tea Ceremony write by A. L. Sadler. This book was released on 2019-04-23. The Japanese Tea Ceremony available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Japanese Tea Ceremony is a detailed examination of the five-centuries-old tea ceremony--or Cha-no-Yu in Japanese, literally "hot water for tea"--a cornerstone of Japanese culture and a core practice of Zen Buddhism. Framed by intricately choreographed steps, the tea ceremony is as much about the search for enlightenment as it is about serving tea. Within the serenity of the tea room, the ceremony, with its highly formal structure, becomes an object of focus for meditation. As the water is heated and the tea is served, the ultimate goal is losing the sense of self while gaining inner peace. The path to mindfulness runs through the center of the tea ceremony. Abundantly illustrated with over 160 drawings and 40 color photos showing every aspect of the ceremony, this book takes readers on a complete tour of furniture and utensils, teahouses and gardens, and numerous other features of Cha-no-Yu. It also delves into the many disciplines included within the broader framework of the tea ceremony--Japanese art, calligraphy, flower arrangements, architecture, gardening, and exquisite handicrafts. Learn more about the experiences of masters of the tea ceremony over the centuries and histories of the various schools and traditions of the art of tea. Full-color photos of tea bowls, teahouses, and gardens reveal the exquisite artistry of the cult of tea and this important Japanese tradition. With a new foreword by award-winning author Laura C. Martin, The Japanese Tea Ceremony is a fascinating exploration of the ritual and Zen philosophy of one of Japan's greatest customs, truly "an epitome of Japanese civilization."
Making Tea, Making Japan
Making Tea, Making Japan - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Making Tea, Making Japan write by Kristin Surak. This book was released on 2012-11-28. Making Tea, Making Japan available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The tea ceremony persists as one of the most evocative symbols of Japan. Originally a pastime of elite warriors in premodern society, it was later recast as an emblem of the modern Japanese state, only to be transformed again into its current incarnation, largely the hobby of middle-class housewives. How does the cultural practice of a few come to represent a nation as a whole? Although few non-Japanese scholars have peered behind the walls of a tea room, sociologist Kristin Surak came to know the inner workings of the tea world over the course of ten years of tea training. Here she offers the first comprehensive analysis of the practice that includes new material on its historical changes, a detailed excavation of its institutional organization, and a careful examination of what she terms "nation-work"—the labor that connects the national meanings of a cultural practice and the actual experience and enactment of it. She concludes by placing tea ceremony in comparative perspective, drawing on other expressions of nation-work, such as gymnastics and music, in Europe and Asia. Taking readers on a rare journey into the elusive world of tea ceremony, Surak offers an insightful account of the fundamental processes of modernity—the work of making nations.
The Book of Tea
The Book of Tea - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Book of Tea write by Okakura Kakuz¿. This book was released on 2022-12-21. The Book of Tea available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
