REDISCOVERING RIKYU AND THE BEGINNINGS OF THE JAPANESE TEA By Herbert University

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ISBN-10
1901903354
Book Title
Rediscovering Rikyu and the Beginnings of the Japanese Tea
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9781901903355
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Publisher
Brill
ISBN-10
1901903354
ISBN-13
9781901903355
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2204329

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
VI, 226 Pages
Publication Name
Rediscovering Rikyu and the Beginnings of the Japanese Tea Ceremony
Language
English
Subject
Ethnic Studies / General, Social History, Customs & Traditions
Publication Year
2003
Type
Textbook
Author
Herbert Plutschow
Subject Area
Social Science, History
Series
Rediscovering Ser.
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
1.2 in
Item Weight
17.5 Oz
Item Length
8.7 in
Item Width
5.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2004-381491
Dewey Edition
22
Series Volume Number
5
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
394.1/5
Table Of Content
1 Introduction; 2 The setting for tea; 3 Rikyu's life and thought; 4 Rikyu's tea; 5 Rikyu's disciples; 6 Rikyu's legacy; 7 Rikyu's displays; 7 Afterwords; Endnotes; Bibliography; Index
Synopsis
For the first time, Rikyu's tea is considered as a profoundly important political as well as a socio-religious ritual in response to the dramatic changes taking place in the country at large: the hundred-year civil war ( Sengoku ) period was finally coming to an end and the process of political unification under the strong military leadership of Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi had begun. An important focus in the book is the author's research into why Rikyu's tragic suicide, enforced by Hideyoshi, was a necessary outcome of the emerging conflict between ritual, art and politics. In addition, the study highlights the tensions and struggles between individual artists who were led by a sense of artistic identity and inspiration, together with the political leaders who imposed their artistic taste on the nation. Plutschow also provides new insights into the sixteenth-century Japanese perception of beauty - commonly called wabi - a simple, often austere beauty displayed in tea in order to unite host and guests as equals. This book will be of considerable interest in research connected with politics, Zen Buddhism and art history as well as the central issues regarding the history and development of tea in Japan., The first comprehensive book-length study in over half a century of the celebrated Japanese tea master Rikyu, considered the father of the Tea Ceremony ( cha-no-yu ) that fully contextualizes tea in politics, aesthetics, ritual and art
LC Classification Number
GT2911.S4P58 2003

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