Gathering for Tea in Modern Japan: Class, Culture and Consumption in the Meiji Period

by Taka Oshikiri

Book Overview

By examining chanoyu - the custom of consuming matcha tea - in the Meiji period, Gathering for Tea in Modern Japan investigates the interactions between intellectual and cultural legacies of the Tokugawa period and the incoming influences of Western ideas, material cultures and institutions. It explores the construction of Japan's modern cultural identity, highlighting the development of new social classes, and the transformation...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350143782
• ISBN13: 9781350143784
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"