All About Japanese Tea Culture
Chanoyu, nation building and femininity
In this article, tea aficionado Jim Burridge offers commentary on two books that examine who practiced tea ceremony, what it has meant and what social and cultural roles it has played over the centuries. They are titled: Making Tea, Making Japan: Cultural Nationalism in Practice by Kristin Surak, and Cultivating Femininity: Women and Tea Culture in Edo and Meiji Japan by Rebecca Corbett.
The Book of Tea by Kakuzo Okakura
Introduction by Yunomi Tea Merchant, Ian Chun
Image credit: kikuo / PIXTA
This long essay by Japanese scholar Kakuzo Okakura was written in E...
