| Autore |
Benn James A.
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| Pubbl/distr/stampa |
Honolulu : , : University of Hawaii Press, , [2015]
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| Descrizione fisica |
1 online resource (306 pages) : illustrations
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| Disciplina |
394.150951
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| Soggetto topico |
Tea in literature
Tea - Social aspects - China
Tea - China - Religious aspects - Buddhism
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| ISBN |
9780824868642
0824868641
9780824853983
0824853989
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| Formato |
Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione |
eng
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| Nota di contenuto |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on Editions and Conventions -- 1. Tea as a Religious and Cultural Commodity in Traditional China -- 2. The Early History of Tea: Myth and Reality -- 3. Buddhism and Tea during the Tang Dynasty -- 4. Tea Poetry in Tang China -- 5. The Patron Saint of Tea: Religious Aspects of the Life and Work of Lu Yu -- 6. Tea: Invigorating the Body, Mind, and Society in the Song Dynasty -- 7. Tea Comes to Japan: Eisai's Kissa Yōjōki -- 8. Religion and Culture in the Tea Economy of Late Imperial China -- 9. Conclusions -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index
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| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910835186803321 |