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Dec 14, 1863 — Sep 2, 1913· 49 yrs

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Okakura Kakuzō

Also known as: Okakura Tenshin, おかくら かくぞう

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In this Japanese name, the family name is Okakura. Okakura Kakuzō (岡倉 覚三, February 14, 1862 – September 2, 1913; also known as 岡倉 天心 Okakura Tenshin) was a Japanese scholar who contributed to the development of arts in Japan. Outside of Japan, he is chiefly remembered today as the author of The Book of Tea.

Yokohama, Japan
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Tea began as a medicine and grew into a beverage.

— from The Book of Tea, 2001

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The Book of Tea

2001

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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 sordid facts of everyday existence. It inculcates purity and harmony, the mystery of mutual charity, the romanticism of the social order.

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Ideals of the East

1920

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Written at the turn of the 20th century, this work suggests an appreciation of a Japanese sense of beauty, values and way of thinking by introducing the history of Japanese art.

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