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Rediscovering Ser.: Rediscovering Rikyu and the Beginnings of the Japanese Tea Ceremony by Herbert Plutschow (2003, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherBrill

ISBN-101901903354

ISBN-139781901903355

eBay Product ID (ePID)2204329

Product Key Features

Number of PagesVI, 226 Pages

Publication NameRediscovering Rikyu and the Beginnings of the Japanese Tea Ceremony

LanguageEnglish

SubjectEthnic Studies / General, Social History, Customs & Traditions

Publication Year2003

TypeTextbook

AuthorHerbert Plutschow

Subject AreaSocial Science, History

SeriesRediscovering Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.2 in

Item Weight17.5 Oz

Item Length8.7 in

Item Width5.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2004-381491

Dewey Edition22

Series Volume Number5

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal394.1/5

Table Of Content1 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

SynopsisFor 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 NumberGT2911.S4P58 2003