Japanese Tea Classics
- Sen no Rikyu千利休 (1522 - April 21, 1591) : Southern Record《南方录》
- Myōan Eisai (明菴栄西): Treatise on Tea Drinking for Health (喫茶養生記), 1193.
Myōan Eisai 明菴栄西喫茶養生記 Kissa Yojoki, Treatise on Tea Drinking for Health. 明菴栄西 Eisai( Yosai): came to Tiantai mountain of Zhejiang to study Chan (Zen) buddhism(1168 AD); when he returned home in 1193 AD, he brought tea from China to Japan, planted it and wrote the first Japanese treatise on Tea:Kissa Yojoki,喫茶養生記, Treatise on Drinking Tea for Health. This was the beginning of tea cultivation and tea culture in Japan
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