Download or read book Rediscovering Rikyu and the Beginnings of the Japanese Tea Ceremony written by Herbert E. Plutschow and published by Rediscovering. This book was released on 2003 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first comprehensive book-length study in over half a century of the celebrated Japanese tea master Rikyu, considered the father of the Tea Ceremony (cha-no-yu) that fully contextualizes tea in politics, aesthetics, ritual and art