★★★★☆ 120年前に欧米に向けて英語で書かれた岡倉天心の名書。茶の本、とはいいつつ単に茶だけでなく日本の精神や哲学、美徳といった幅広い観点から繊細でありつつも強いメッセージを感じる一冊。

★★★★☆  It is the most famous book on tea and Japan for the last 120 years. But it is much more, it’s about what is tea for Japanese people in a very philosophical way – delicate yet strong message to the West.
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🔽 基本情報 🔽
The Book of Tea
Kakuzo Okakura, 1906
茶の本
岡倉天心
128 ページ
2022.06 読了

🔽🔽 読書記録 🔽🔽
120年前に欧米に向けて英語で書かれた岡倉天心の名書。
茶の本、とはいいつつ単に茶だけでなく日本の精神や哲学、美徳といった幅広い観点から繊細でありつつも強いメッセージを感じる一冊。

当時は日本、東洋は野蛮とみなされていたが、この一冊でかなり雰囲気は変わったと思う。
茶道だけでなく華道も織り交ぜ、東洋独自の美徳とは何かを伝えることに成功したこの本は現在でも強いメッセージ性がある。
茶道や日本の茶の歴史について学ぶというより、日本の精神を茶を通じて学ぶ、といった本。

🔽 買えるところ / あらすじ、詳細 🔽
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茶の本 （岩波文庫　青115-1） [ 岡倉　覚三 ]
価格：550円（税込、送料無料) (2025/11/21時点)


  
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茶の本 (岩波文庫 青 115-1)

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★★★★☆  It is the most famous book on tea and Japan for the last 120 years. But it is much more, it’s about what is tea for Japanese people in a very philosophical way – delicate yet strong message to the West.

🔽 log 🔽
The Book of Tea
Kakuzo Okakura, 1906
128 pages
Read in 2022.06


🔽 Book review and notes 🔽

It is the most famous book on tea and Japan for the last 120 years or so.
But it is much more, it's about what is tea for Japanese people in a very philosophical way - delicate yet strong message to the West.

This collection of writings were written for the West who looked down on Japan and the East.
It spends lot of time speaking about flowers and the sentiments around flower and it tries to communicate the Eastern aesthetics with the West, ending it with the death of the tea master. 
It doesn't necessarily teach you about the tea ceremonies etc, it's more about the spirits of Japan via tea.
The afterword is also interesting.

🔽 Where to buy / Summary and more info 🔽

●●● Amazon.com (US) ●●●

The Book of Tea Classic Edition

●●● Amazon.co.uk (UK) ●●●
The Book of Tea: The Book of Oz (Penguin Little Black Classics)

●●● Amazon.it (Italy) ●●●
Il libro del tè (Italiano)