The Glocal Book:"The Book of Tea" by Okakura Kakuzou(Tenshin)-No.61

Roji; Rikiu; Utter Loneliness

「Some, like Rikiu, aimed at utter loneliness, and claimed the secret of making a roji was contained in the ancient ditty:

"I looked beyond;
Flower are not,
Nor tinted leaves.

On the sea beach
A solitary cottage stands
In the waring light
Of an autumn eve."

」(From the Book of Tea-The Tea-Room, p.61, Charles e. Tuttle Co., Rutland, Vermont,-Tokyo, Japan)

I hope you imagine What the Roji means.

As the great tea master Rikiu suggested, the Roji is the way to Utter loneliness.

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