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Okakura Kakuzō (岡倉 覚三, February 14, 1863 – September 2, 1913), also known as Okakura Tenshin (岡倉 天心), 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.
Okakura Kakuzō (born Feb. 14, 1863, Yokohama, Japan—died Sept. 2, 1913, Akakura) was an art critic who had a great influence upon modern Japanese art. Okakura graduated (1880) from Tokyo Imperial University.
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The Book of Tea (茶の本, Cha no Hon) A Japanese Harmony of Art, Culture, and the Simple Life (1906) by Okakura Kakuzō (1906) is a long essay linking the role of chadō (teaism) to the aesthetic and cultural aspects of Japanese life and protesting Western caricatures of "the East".
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Aug 30, 2018 · More than a century ago, Japanese writer and thinker Okakura Kakuzō (1863–1913) compared the international struggle for supremacy and power to dragons “tossed in a sea of ferment,” who “in vain...
Okakura Kakuzo’s Activities in the United States in 1904 . Okakura had a long-standing connection with the United States, having studied and worked with Ernest Francisco Fenollosa (1853-1908) in the 1880s and traveled to the United States in 1886 and 1887 on the way to and from Europe.
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Okakura Kakuzō (岡倉覚三), also known as Okakura Tenshin (岡倉 天心), was a Japanese scholar who contributed the development of arts in Japan. Outside Japan, he is chiefly remembered today as the author of The Book of Tea .
Dec 19, 2023 · Okakura Kakuzō (Japanese, 1862–1914), The White Fox: A Fairy Drama in Three Acts, Written for Music, 1913. Typewritten libretto, summary and characters. Before considering the fate of The White Fox, what of its origins? What was Okakura’s original motive for writing the libretto, and his choice of tale to adapt?
