The Tea Ceremony - Softcover

Sen'O Tanaka

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0517530392 ISBN 13: 9780517530399

Publisher: Harmony Books, 1977

Synopsis

Elucidates the history and steps of the elaborate ritual and looks at the designs of teahouses and tea gardens to enable readers to duplicate the ceremony in order to reach a state of quiet contemplation

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About the Author:

SEN'O TANAKA was born in 1928, the grandchild bf Sensho Tanaka, founder of the Japan Association of the Tea Ceremony (Dai Nihon Chado Gakkai). A graduate of the Tokyo Higher Mercantile Marine School, he studied Chinese literature at Nisho Gakusha University, and did graduate work in Oriental philosophy at Waseda University, where he earned a master's degree. Mr. Tanaka became the president of the Dai Nihon Chado Gakkai in 1961. In 1990, he became the senior executive director of the Santoku-an Foundation, the nonprofit arm of the tea association. He is the publisher of the monthly magazine Chado no Kenkyu (Studitis in the Tea Ceremony) and regularly contributes articles to the journal. He is the author of several books on the tea ceremony, including Chado Nyumon Handobukku.

SENDO TANAKA was born in 1958, the eldest son of Sen'o Tanaka. After receiving a master degree in sociology from the University of Tokyo, he went abroad to study at Université Laval in Quebec. In 1988, he became vice president of the Dai Nihon Chado Gakkai and the following year became a lecturer at Nihon University. He now teaches the art of tea at the association and lectures at Keio University. He has published several works, including the book Usucha no Temae.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harmony Books
• Publication date: 1977
• ISBN 10: 0517530392
• ISBN 13: 9780517530399
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 214