Japan, Scholar February 14, 1862 – September, 2, 1913.
Okakura Kakuzō (February 14, 1862 – September 2, 1913) (also known as 岡倉 天心 Okakura Tenshin) was a Japanese scholar who contributed to the development of arts in Japan. Outside Japan, he is chiefly remembered today as the author of The Book of Tea.
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Fain would we remain barbarians, if our claim to civilization were to be based on the gruesome glory of war.
Cares melt when you kneel in your garden.
Tea is a work of art and needs a master hand to bring out its noblest qualities. We have good and bad teas, as we have good and bad paintings - generally the latter.
The art of today is that which really belongs to us: it is our own reflection. In condemning it we but condemn ourselves.
Teaism is a cult founded on the adoration of the beautiful among the sordid facts of everyday existence. It inculcates purity and harmony, the mystery of mutual charity, the romanticism of the social order.
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