Okakura Tenshin 岡倉天心
writer on art · Yokohama, Japan · Boston, USA · 1863–1913
Born Okakura Kakuzo. He headed the Tokyo School of Fine Arts, worked at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and made the art of Japan and the East known to the West in English.
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1906
Meanwhile, let us have a sip of tea. The afternoon glow is brightening the bamboos, the fountains are bubbling with delight, the soughing of the pines is heard in our kettle. Let us dream of evanescence, and linger in the beautiful foolishness of things.The Book of Tea, chapter 1
1906
Teaism is a cult founded on the adoration of the beautiful among the sordid facts of everyday existence.The Book of Tea, chapter 1
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