The Book of Tea | Okakura Kakuzo | Japanese Culture and History | Bookcast #201

A Book A Day - A Literary Podcast from India

English - June 25, 2021 04:42 - 14 minutes - 13.8 MB
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Okakura Kakuzo was a Japanese scholar who contributed to the development of arts in Japan. His masterpiece The Book of Tea is a long essay linking the role of chadō to the aesthetic and cultural aspects of Japanese life. I discuss this book in today's podcast.