Teaism is a cult founded on the adoration of the beautiful among the sordid facts of everyday existence.

So writes Okakura Kakuzo in his 1906 classic. He introduces the reader to Zen, to Taoism, to Japanese life, and does through a history of tea and of the great Japanese tea masters. It is a book every tea lover should read, presented by Tuttle Press in a wonderful illustrated edition that comes in in a slip case.

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