Tea of the Sages: The Art of Sencha

by Patricia Jane Graham

Book Overview

The Japanese tea ceremony is generally identified with chanoyu and its bowls of whipped, powdered green tea served in surroundings influenced by the tenets of Zen Buddhism. Tea of the Sages is the first English language study of the alternate tea tradition of sencha. At sencha tea gatherings, steeped green leaf tea is prepared in an atmosphere indebted to the humanistic values of the Chinese sages and the materialistic culture of elite Chinese society...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824820878
• ISBN13: 9780824820879
• Release Date: March 1999
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 9.9" x 7.9"