Nonfiction - Asian Reads

In 1906 in turn-of-the century Boston, a small, esoteric book about tea was written with the intention of being read aloud in the famous salon o...

This modern classic invites the reader to discover a unique tradition that has come to symbolize the wisdom, beauty, and the elegant simplicity of ...

The Book of Tea （A Japanese Harmony of Art, Culture, and the Simple Life (1906) by Okakura Kakuzō (1906) is a long essay linking the role of chadō ...

Written by the foremost authority of the era on Oriental archeology and art, this extremely influential book offers a brief but concise introductio...