History of Sino-Japanese Tea Cultural Exchange

Author: Teng Jun
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Publish Date: 2004-09-01
Features: Discusses the significant role Chinese culture played in the formation of Japanese tea ceremony, arguing against the "native origin theory" of Japanese tea; introduces Sino-Japanese cultural exchanges before the Tang Dynasty; covers the periods of Sui-Tang, late Tang, Five Dynasties, Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties in terms of Sino-Japanese tea cultural exchanges; explores the influence of China's Jing Shan tea etiquette on Japan; the impact of Chinese artifacts on Japanese tea ceremony; the collection of Chinese artifacts in the Ashikaga Shogunate and the rise and fall of Shoin tea ceremony; the influence of Chinese Gongfu tea on Japan. Introduces the tea culture of merchants in Sakai City, Japan, and the formation of the Kotoan tea ceremony, as well as Japanese Sencha tea ceremony and Matcha tea ceremony. The preface includes dozens of color illustrations, with over 200 illustrations in the text.