Soshitsu Sen XV, ed. (Tea) ChanoyuL The Urasenke Tradition of Tea

Illus. with photographs. 10x7", jacket. First Edition in English. NY: Weatherhill, [1988].

Chado, also known as chanoyu and commonly referred to as the Japanese Tea Ceremony in English, is a spiritual and aesthetic discipline for refinement of the self — known in Japanese as a “do,” a ‘way’. The word ‘chado’ means “the way of tea”.

This way called chado centers on the activity of host and guest spending a mutually heartwarming time together over a bowl of matcha tea. The host aims to serve the guest an unforgettably satisfying bowl of tea, and the guest responds with thankfulness, both of them realizing that the time shared can never be repeated, that it is a “once in a lifetime” occasion.

Sunning to jacket spine area, else very good.