Author: KIMURA, KOUYO (Ed.):
Title: [TEA / JAPAN] Baisa› chaki-zu (Baisa› tea wares) (Osaka), Izumiya Suezaburo, Taisho 13 (1924).
Description: . Small 8vo. (12.6 x 20.7 cm) Lvs. (20). Leporello-folded. With many coloured woodblock illustrations, text in Japanese. Occasionally light staining. Original yellow cloth binding, title label on upper cover. Old ownership stamp on last page of colophon. Housed in the original folder. A reprint of a very rare work presenting thirty-three tea utensils owned by the renowned Buddhist monk Baisao (1675-1763). His poetry and calligraphy are considered important in the Zen history of Japan. Baisao's method of preparing tea was referred to as "sencha" (simmered tea) which is different from matcha where the tea leaves are ground into a fine powder which was more popular at the time. The worship of Baisao helped to popularise the sencha tea and led to the creation of Senchad›. The first edition was published in 1823 by Kouyo Kimura, the son of Kenkad› Kimura, celebrated artist and art connoisseur who studied the tea ceremony under Baisa›.

Keywords: East Asia, japan, japon, japanese, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, tea, senha, utensils, art, illustrated,


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