I am currently reading "The Old Tea Seller: Life and Zen Poetry in
18th Century Kyoto" by Baisao (the Tea Seller) and Norman Waddell (the translator) and it is very good, I recommend it. The life story and the poems of the Old Tea Seller would already make it worth reading but in addition the notes at the end provide a lot of information on the early history of Sencha (leaf tea) in Japan that I have not seen before (not being a specialist, perhaps . . .). Published very beautifully by Counterpoint, ISBN 1582434131 it might be worth noting that Amazon.com are offering a much bigger discount than Barnes & Noble . . . I wonder if anyone can say more about the early history of Sencha and what is new in the information offered here?- posted
15 years ago