BOOKSHELF
Discover a curation of informative and educational books on Japanese tea,
the tea ceremony and Japanese culture.
For those who wish to gain a deeper understanding of
the culture and tradition surrounding Japanese tea.
The Story of Japanese Tea: a broad outline of its cultivation, manufacturing, history and cultural values
by Tyas Sōsen (Author)
The only in-depth book on Japanese tea, its manufacturing, and culture!
Includes case studies and true stories from active tea manufacturers in Japan.The Old Tea Seller: Life and Zen Poetry in 18th Century Kyoto
by Baisao (Author), Norman Waddell (Translator)
Making Tea, Making Japan: Cultural Nationalism in Practice
by Kristin Surak (Author)
The Japanese Way of Tea: From Its Origins in China to Sen Rikyu
by Sen XV Soshitsu (Author)
Japanese Tea Culture: Art, history, and practice
by Morgan Pitelka (Editor)
Cultivating Femininity: Women and Tea Culture in Edo and Meiji Japan
by Rebecca Corbett (Author)
The Tea Ceremony and Women’s Empowerment in Modern Japan (Anthropology of Asia)
by Etsuko Kato (Author)
Wind in the Pines: Classic Writings of the Way of Tea as a Buddhist Path
by Dennis Hirota (Author)
The Japanese Tea Ceremony: Cha-no-Yu and the Zen Art of Mindfulness
by A. L. Sadler (Author), Laura C. Martin (Foreword)
Chado – The Way of Tea A Japanese Tea Master’s Almanac
by Sasaki Sanmi (Author)
The Way of Tea: Reflections on a Life with Tea
by Aaron Fisher (Author)
Every Day a Good Day Fifteen lessons I learned about happiness from Japanese tea culture
by Morishita Noriko (Author)
Art of Chabana: Flowers for the Tea Ceremony
by Henry Mittwer (Author)
Handmade Culture: Raku Potters, Patrons, and Tea Practitioners in Japan
by Morgan Pitelka (Author)
The Book of Tea: Beauty, Simplicity and the Zen Aesthetic
by Okakura Kakuzo (Author)
A Bowl for a Coin: A Commodity History of Japanese Tea
by William Wayne Farris (Author)
Kyoto: An Urban History of Japan’s Premodern Capital
by Matthew Stavros (Author)
Early Modern Japanese Literature: An Anthology, 1600-1900 (Translations from the Asian Classics)
by Haruo Shirane (Editor)
Tea in Japan: Essays on the History of Chanoyu
by Paul Varley (Editor), Kumakura Isao (Editor)
Japanese Women, Class and the Tea Ceremony (Japan Anthropology Workshop)
by Kaeko Chiba (Author)