Written in English by a Japanese scholar in 1906, "The Book of Tea" is an elegant attempt to explain the philosophy of the Japanese Tea Ceremony, with its Taoist and Zen Buddhist roots, to a Western audience in clear and simple terms. One of the most widely-read English works about Japan, it had a profound influence on western undertsanding of East Asian tradition. | Book Of Tea by Kakuzo Okakura, Paperback | Indigo Chapters