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(Tea) Yasunosuke Fukukita. Cha-no-yu: Tea Cult of Japan.

$150.00

Illus. incl. color plates from illustrations (with tissue guard for frontis.), as well as sepia-toned photographic images. 9.5x6.5", gilt-lettered dec. cloth in various colors. First Edition. Tokyo: Maruzen Co., 1932.

Chapter subjects include "Meal served in the Kaiseiki style," "Tea ceremony proper in which Koicha is served," "Introduction of tea from China," "Early masters and patrons of Cha-no-yu," "Training in the etiquette of serving powdered tea," and much more. Rubbing to spine ends and corners, otherwise very good. Scarce.