?????. [Chanoyu no shiori]. [Tea Ceremony Guide].

[MATOBA, SEINOSUKE]. ?????.

Published by ?????. [Okamoto Igy?kan]. Meiji 42 [1909]., ??. [Osaka]., 1909

About this Item

Fold-out colour cut-out paper craft model of a house loosely inserted, two colour woodblock prints, one full page and the other fold out, two black and white full page plates, small line illustrations and diagrams in text throughout. 209pp. 22 x 15 cm. Colour woodblock creped paper cover, attractive green string ties. Edges a little foxed, last leaf browned, covers a little soiled, lower cover foxed but still a very good bright copy. This beautifully presented book, which was published in 1909, is a beginner's handbook for tea ceremony. Matoba Seinosuke wrote a number of introductory handbooks on various topics. Here, he writes about all aspects of tea ceremony in different styles and occasions. He also discusses the layout of the tea house in detail and how guests should enter and depart from the house. This book contains coloured woodblock illustrations showing a tea house and its proper location within a Japanese garden, as well as a multitude of diagrams illustrating correct behaviour during the ceremony and the proper placing of items associated with the serving of tea.

Seller Inventory # 176599

Bibliographic Details

• Title: ?????. [Chanoyu no shiori]. [Tea Ceremony Guide].
• Publisher: ?????. [Okamoto Igy?kan]. Meiji 42 [1909]., ??. [Osaka].
• Publication Date: 1909
• Seller catalogs:
  • Japan - 1868-1930