Okakura Kakuzō

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title: Okakura Kakuzō
text: Okakura Kakuzō, also known as Okakura Tenshin, was a Japanese scholar and art critic who in the era of Meiji Restoration reform promoted a critical appreciation of traditional forms, customs and beliefs. Outside Japan, he is chiefly renowned for The Book of Tea: A Japanese Harmony of Art, Culture, and the Simple Life (1906). Written in English, and in the wake of the Russo-Japanese War, it decried Western caricaturing of the Japanese, and of Asians more generally, and expressed the fear that Jap
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description: Japanese scholar and art critic (1863–1913)
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date created: 2003-09-12T01:14:38Z
date modified: 2024-09-09T07:43:27Z
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