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.
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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)
Wind in the Pines: Classic Writings of the Way of Tea as a Buddhist Path
by Dennis Hirota (Author)
The Way of Tea: Reflections on a Life with Tea
by Aaron Fisher (Author)
The Tea Ceremony and Women’s Empowerment in Modern Japan (Anthropology of Asia)
by Etsuko Kato (Author)
The Japanese Tea Ceremony: Cha-no-Yu and the Zen Art of Mindfulness
by A. L. Sadler (Author), Laura C. Martin (Foreword)
The Book of Tea: Beauty, Simplicity and the Zen Aesthetic
by Okakura Kakuzo (Author)
Tea in Japan: Essays on the History of Chanoyu
by Paul Varley (Editor), Kumakura Isao (Editor)
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Kyoto: An Urban History of Japan’s Premodern Capital
by Matthew Stavros (Author)
Japanese Women, Class and the Tea Ceremony (Japan Anthropology Workshop)
by Kaeko Chiba (Author)
Handmade Culture: Raku Potters, Patrons, and Tea Practitioners in Japan
by Morgan Pitelka (Author)
Every Day a Good Day Fifteen lessons I learned about happiness from Japanese tea culture
by Morishita Noriko (Author)
- New
Early Modern Japanese Literature: An Anthology, 1600-1900 (Translations from the Asian Classics)
by Haruo Shirane (Editor)
Cultivating Femininity: Women and Tea Culture in Edo and Meiji Japan
by Rebecca Corbett (Author)
Chado – The Way of Tea A Japanese Tea Master’s Almanac
by Sasaki Sanmi (Author)
Art of Chabana: Flowers for the Tea Ceremony
by Henry Mittwer (Author)
A Bowl for a Coin: A Commodity History of Japanese Tea
by William Wayne Farris (Author)
