"Der Teekult in Japan": Eine Erinnerung an das grundlegende Werk von Anna Berliner

Anna Berliner's (1888-1977) book on the tea-cult in Japan (Leipzig, 1933) is an extensive and highly instructive manual of the practice of the Japanese tea-ceremony. It is based on first-hand experiences in Japan where the author had worked as psychological adviser to an advertising company in Tokyo from 1921 to 1925. She firmly believed that the tea-ceremony is a genuine expression of basic traits of Japanese culture and that the stepping-stones to a tea-hut lead us straight into the deeper layers of the Japanese mind. [PUB ABSTRACT]