Art, Tea, and Industry: Masuda Takashi and the Mitsui Circle

by Christine M.E. Guth and Christine Guth

In this illustrated book Christine Guth examines the intimate relationship between art collecting, the tea ceremony, and business through the activities of Masuda Takashi (1848-1938), the highly charismatic director of the Mitsui conglomerate whose opulent life and passionate pursuit of art continue to influence new generations of aspiring business magnates in Japan. An elaborate social ritual in which the worlds of business and art collecting intersected,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691032068
• ISBN13: 9780691032061
• Release Date: February 1993
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.5" x 9.5"