Kakuzō Okakura





Kakuzō Okakura

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born
in Japan
February 14, 1863

died
September 02, 1913

gender
male

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About this author

Okakura Kakuzō (岡倉覚三, also known as 岡倉 天心 Okakura Tenshin) was a Japanese scholar who contributed the development of arts in Japan. Outside Japan, he is chiefly remembered today as the author of 'The Book of Tea'.


Average rating: 3.85 · 1,994 ratings · 260 reviews · 12 distinct works · Similar authors
The Book of Tea
3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 1,965 ratings — published 1906 — 107 editions
Ideals of the East: The Spi...
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3.61 of 5 stars 3.61 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 1970 — 10 editions
The Awakening Of Japan
3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1905 — 3 editions
The Book of Tea
3.5 of 5 stars 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2001
Primary Sources, Historical...
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2011
Teeraamat
3.0 of 5 stars 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2004
Le livre du thé
0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1998
The Ideals of the East: Wit...
0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2009
Lo spirito dell'arte giappo...
0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2006
ČADO
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4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1994
More books by Kakuzō Okakura…
“In joy or sadness flowers are our constant friends.”
Kakuzō Okakura, The Book Of Tea

“Teaism is a cult founded on the adoration of the beautiful among the sordid facts of everyday existence. It inculcates purity and harmony, the mystery of mutual charity, the romanticism of the social order. It is essentially a worship of the Imperfect, as it is a tender attempt to accomplish something possible in this impossible thing we know as life.”
Kakuzō Okakura, The Book of Tea

“Tea ... is a religion of the art of life.”
Kakuzō Okakura, The Book of Tea

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