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dc.contributor.authorKumakura, Isao
dc.contributor.otherMcClintock, Martha J.
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-15T05:31:07Z
dc.date.available2023-09-15T05:31:07Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.identifier.urihttps://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/76335
dc.description.abstractWhy is the tea-room entrance, or nijiriguchi, so narrow? How did the practice of “passing the bowl,” or mawashinomi, come about? And what hidden meaning lies behind the ritual purification of hands and mouth, or chōzu? Chanoyu, the art of preparing tea, developed against a backdrop of social turmoil in late medieval Japan. Through the singular figure of Sen no Rikyū, it found expression as wabi-cha, or wabi tea, the foundation of Japanese tea culture today. Here, scholar and curator Kumakura Isao investigates the unique cultural value of tea. He examines its rituals and behaviors, elaborates its structure, spaces, and style, and delves into the history of everything from the tea whisk to the tea room itself. Drawing on folklore studies and performing-arts history, Kumakura develops a new perspective on Japan’s culture of tea.
dc.languageEnglish
dc.subject.otherArt
dc.subject.otherAsian
dc.subject.otherJapanese
dc.subject.otherCooking
dc.subject.otherBeverages
dc.subject.otherCoffee & Tea
dc.subject.otherHistory
dc.subject.otherAsia
dc.subject.otherJapan
dc.titleJapanese Tea Culture
dc.title.alternativeThe Heart and Form of Chanoyu
dc.typebook
oapen.relation.isPublishedByJapan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture (JPIC)
oapen.relation.isFundedByb818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9
oapen.relation.isbn9784866582467
oapen.collectionKnowledge Unlatched (KU)
oapen.imprintJapan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture
oapen.identifierhttps://openresearchlibrary.org/viewer/cad397d1-b252-4d7b-a606-32ca32576c6a


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