Discover
the fascinating character of Okakura Kakuzo and the story of how he
came to write one of the twentieth century’s most influential books on
art, beauty, and simplicity—all steeped in the world’s communal cup of
tea.
His incredible journey took him from Yokohama to New York,
Paris, Bombay, and Boston, where his life intertwined with such
luminaries as Rabindranath Tagore, John Singer Sargent, Henry James,
John La Farge, Isabella Stewart Gardner, and Henri Matisse. His original
1906 Book of Tea influenced the work of such notable artists as Frank Lloyd Wright and Georgia O’Keeffe.
American
tea writer Bruce Richardson gives contemporary readers new insight into
Okakura’s amazing life and the inspiration he brings to today’s tea and
art cultures.
