The Japanese Spirit

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The account recalls a long seclusion and a hearty welcome for honoured guests from the West after centuries of independent growth. The discussion of Buddhism deliberately offers only hints about a many-sided, extremely complicated system of belief, acknowledging that even a brief summary would require at least a couple of hours.

The description of the tea-room connects its serene simplicity with a studied avoidance of ostentation in form and colour. The account says that Zen taste continues to rule the decoration of a Japanese house. A visit to a Japanese gentleman whose taste has not yet been badly influenced by Western love of show and symmetry is proposed as an example of an arrangement free from ostentation.

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Author: Yoshisaburo Okakura
Reading time: About 100 minutes
Pages: 43
Language: English
Genre: History
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