Cha-No-Yu: the Japanese Tea Ceremony

Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle Co. Inc., 1970 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Third Printing. Small 4to. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. xxviii, 265 pp, b&w frontis, introduction, list of b&w plates, III. Chapters; Chart: Geneology of the Tea Masters from No-Ami (FL. c. 1450); The Plates; books consulted, index with b&w illustrations in text. Third Printing, 1970. "The disciplined estheticism, as expressed in architecture, garden design, flower arrangement, pottery, painting, and other arts intimately related with the cha-no-yu, forms the focus of attention in the first part of the book. The second part, entitled 'Tea Masters', presents a series of stories illustrating the tea experiences of representative men of all types during the Muromacchi, Momoyama, and Tokugawa periods. The Book is abundantly illustrated with drawings of tea-ceremony furniture and utensils, tearoom architecture and gardendesign, floor and ground plans, and numerous other features of cha-no-yu. A number of photographic plates picture famous tea bowls, teahouses, and gardens." from the jacket flap. Price clipped. Minor wear to top edge spine dj with a small line of crackling along top edge rear paned of same. Lightly fading along top edge boards with only the faintes toxing to top edge, eles, Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with clean dust jacket and no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Green cloth with black illustration and gilt lettering.to front board, gilt lettering to spine, and gilt textured endpapers..