Quotes from Kakuzo Okakura's books, and about them
The Book of Tea on The Web of Indian Life: “It is rarely that the chivalrous pen of a Lafcadio Hearn or that of the author of "The Web of Indian Life" enlivens the Oriental darkness with the torch of our own sentiments.”
The Book of Tea on The Classic of Tea: “Luwuh, a poet, saw in the Tea-service the same harmony and order which reigned through all things. In his celebrated work, the "Chaking" (The Holy Scripture of Tea) he formulated the Code of Tea.”
The Book of Tea on I Ching: “The archaic records of China, especially the Book of Changes, foreshadow his thought.”
The Book of Tea on Tao Te Ching: “Laotse himself spoke of it thus: "There is a thing which is all-containing, which was born before the existence of Heaven and Earth. How silent! How solitary! It stands alone and changes not.”
The Book of Tea on Pingshi: “It has been written ["Pingtse", by Yuenchunlang] that the peony should be bathed by a handsome maiden in full costume, that a winter-plum should be watered by a pale, slender monk.”
The Japanese Spirit on The Ideals of the East: “As for books on the subject from the pen of the Japanese themselves, Dr. Nitobe's Bushido, Explanations of the Japanese Thought, and my brother K. Okakura's Ideals of the East, besides a volume by several well-known Japanese, entitled Japan by the Japanese, are to be specially mentioned.”