All about the architecture and design principles of a very private place to communicate and meditate from its origins until today.

The Japanese tea ceremony blends art with nature and has for centuries brought harmony to the daily life of its practitioners. Stories From a Tearoom Window is

“Like attending seasons of elegant tea parties—each one resplendent with character and drama. Delicious.”—Maxine Hong Kingston The story of two women wh

A collection of the most modern Japanese chashitsu (tea-ceremony rooms), a type of architecture established in the fifteenth century and reinterpreted by modern

Impeccably written, erudite . . . likely to remain the standard work on the subject.--Kyoto Journal