Saturday, February 19, 2005

The Glocal Book:"The Book of Tea" by Okakura Kakuzou(Tenshin)-No.66

Tea-Master; Master of Arts in Cleaning & Dusting



「One of the first requisites of a tea-master is the knowledge of how to sweep, clean, and wash, for there is an art in cleaning and dusting.

A piece of antique metal work must not be attacked with the unscrupulous zeal of the Dutch housewife.

Dripping water from a flower vase need not be wiped away, for it may be suggestive of dew and coolness.」
(From the Book of Tea-The Tea-Room, p.64, Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tuttle, Vermont-Tokyo, Japan)

This is the Reason that the Way of Tea is the culture of daily life.

If you are a Man to be the Master minds of Tea-Drinking, you have to behave like the Man of delicate & sensitive about every tinny matters.

You have to be the Man of refined & elegant about every movements & manners.

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Picture: Blue - Green Glazed Square Plate by Keitoku Kato
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