Tea in Japan: Essays on the History of Chanoyu

by Paul H. Varley

Book Overview

"Represents a major advance over previous publications.... Students will find this volume especially useful as an introduction to the primary sources, terminology, and dominant themes in the history of chanoyu." --Journal of Japanese Studies "Tea in Japan illuminates in depth and detail chanoyu's cultural connections and evolution from the early Kamakura period... It is the quality of seeing the familiar and not so familiar elements of tea emerge...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824817176
• ISBN13: 9780824817176
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"