Additional Readings

For additional reading about Japanese tea rooms, tea gatherings and tea gardens consult one of the following books available at the University Library at California State University, Sacramento. The citation below is linked to the full online catalog record for each of these titles. These and other related reading materials are available at your local library or through interlibrary loan.

• Castile, R. (1971). The way of tea. New York: Weatherhill.
• Freeman, Michael. (2007). The modern Japanese tea room. Bologna: Damiani.
• Fujioka, R. (1973). Tea ceremony utensils. New York: Weatherhill.
• Graham, P.J. (1998). Tea of the sages: the art of sencha. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press.
• Hammitzsch, H. (1988). Zen in the art of the tea ceremony. New York: Dutton.
• Hayashiya, S. (1979). Chanoyu : Japanese tea ceremony. New York: Japan Society.
• Hirota, D. (1995). Wind in the pines: classic writings of the way of tea as a Buddhist path. Fremont, Calif.: Asian Humanities Press.
• Honda, H. (1993). Vietnamese and Chinese ceramics used in the Japanese tea ceremony. Singapore: Oxford University Press.
• Isozaki, A.. (2007). The contemporary tea house: Japan's top architects redefine a tradition. Tokyo: Kodansha.
• Kato, E. (2004). The tea ceremony and women's empowerment in modern Japan. London: RoutledgeCurzon.
• Koren, L. (1994). Wabi-sabi for artists, designers, poets & philosophers. Berkeley, Calif.: Stone Bridge Press.
• Lee, S. E. (1976). Tea taste in Japanese art. New York : Arno Press.
• Macadam, J. P. (1974). Japanese arts and the tea ceremony. New York : Weatherhill.
• Nakamura, J. V. (1965). The Japanese tea ceremony; an interpretation for Occidentals. Mount Vernon, N. Y.: Peter Pauper Press.
• Ohashi, Haruzo. (1989). Chatei; ohashi haruzo shashinshu=the tea garden. Tokyo: Graphic-sha Pub. Co.
• Okakura, K. (1956). The book of tea. Rutland, Vt.: Tuttle.
• Okakura, K. (2000). The book of tea. Boston : Tuttle.
• Okakura, K. (2001). The book of tea. Boston: Shambhala.
• Pitelka, Morgan. (2005). Handmade culture; raku potters, patrons, and tea practiioners in Japan. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press.
• Sadler, A. L. (1963). Cha-no-yu, the Japanese tea ceremony. Rutland, Vt.: Tuttle.
• Sato, S. (2005). Tea ceremony. Boston : Tuttle.
• Seike, K. (1977). The art of Japanese joinery. New York : Weatherhill.
• Sen, S. (1948). Cha-no-yu; Headquarters of the Ura Senke School of Tea Ceremonials. Kyoto: Kogawa-Kashira.
• Sen, S. (Ed.). (1988). Chanoyu; the Urasenke tradition of tea. New York: Weatherhill.
• Sen, S. (1979). Chado: The Japanese way of tea. New York : Weatherhill
• Sen, S. (2002). The spirit of tea. Kyoto : Tankosha.
• Sen, S. (1993). Urasenke Chanoyu handbook one. Kyoto: Urasenke Foundation.
• Tanaka, R. (2006). Scenes from a country tea room; new Japanese-American poetry. New York: Universe.
• Tanaka, S. (1982). The tea ceremony. Tokyo; Kodansha International.
• Tanaka, S. (2000). The tea ceremony (Rev. ed.). Tokyo: Kodansha International.
• Tankosha Editorial Department. (Ed.). (2007). A chanoyu vocabulary; practical terms for the way of tea. Kyoto: Tankosha.
• Urasenke Foundation of Kyoto. (1986). The art of chanoyu; the Urasenke tradition of tea. Kyoto: Author.
• Urasenke Foundation of Kyoto, Japan. (1976-1999). Chanoyu Quarterly. Kyoto: Author.
• Urasenke Foundation of Kyoto, Japan. (1983). The Urasenke tradition of tea. Kyoto: Author.
• Varley, P., & Isao, K. (Eds.). (1989). Tea in Japan: essays on the history of chanoyu. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press.
• Walker, R.N. (2002) Shoko-ken; a late medieval daime sukiya style Japanese tea-house. New York: Routledge.