Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Foreword vii
4. Author’s Preface To The English Edition xv
5. Translator’s Preface xvii
6. Historical Periods Covered in this Volume xxii
7. Introduction xxiii
8. Part 1. The Classic Of Tea
9. 1. The Advent of Lu Yu and the Classic of Tea 3
10. 2. Tea in China After the Classic of Tea 31
11. Part 2. The Arrival of Tea in Japan
12. 3. Tea in the Heian Era 47
13. 4. The Ethos of the Kissa Yōjōki 57
14. 5. Tea in the Temples of the Medieval Era 75
15. 6. The Vogue of Tea Contests 89
16. Part 3. The Creation of A Way of Tea
17. 7. Murata Jukō and the Birth of the Way of Tea 119
18. 8. Takeno Jōō and the Maturation of The Way of Tea 146
19. 9. Rikyū and the Fruition of the Way of Tea 158
20. Conclusion 177
21. Notes 189
22. Bibliography 213
23. Index 219
24. About the Author 231