Tuesday, March 01, 2005

The Glocal Book:"The Book of Tea" by Okakura Kakuzou(Tenshin)-No.76

The Tea-Room; Freedom from Vulgarity; Sanctuary from the Vexations of the Outer World


「The simplicity of the tea-room and its freedom from vulgarity make it truly a sanctuary from the vexations of the ouer world.

There and there alone can one consecrate himself to undisturbed adoration of the beautiful.

In the sixteenth century the tea-room afforded a welcome respite from labour to the fierce warriors and statemen engaged in the unification and reconstruction of Japan.

In the seventeenth century, after the strict formalism of the Tokugawa rule had been developed, it offered the only opportunity possible for the free communication of artistic spirits.

Before a great work of art there was no distinct between daimyo, samurai, and commoner.

Nowadays industrialism is making true refinement more and more difficult all the world over.

Do we not need the tea-room more than ever?」
( From the Book of Tea-the Tea-Room, pp.72-73,Charles E. Tuttle Co., Rutland, Vermont, Tokyo, Japan)

Nowadays, the Social Usages and Commercialism are making true refinement more and more difficult.

The formalism of the Present Status in the tea developed in the formalism of the way of tea without arts and philosophy.

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