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'Meanwhile, let us have a sip of tea. The afternoon glow is brightening the bamboos, the fountains are bubbling with delight, the soughing of the pines is heard in our kettle.' In this charming book from 1906, Okakura explores Zen, Taoism, Tea Masters and the significance of the Japanese tea ceremony. It is both a paean to the art of simplicity, and a wry critique of the West's view of Japan.

CUPRINS: * DISPARIȚIE. O INTRODUCERE ÎN TEORIA ANTI-OBIECTULUI * NAŞTEREA UNEI CONEXIUNI: CASA HYŪGA PROIECTATĂ DE BRUNO TAUT * REVĂRSARE: „WATER/GLASS”, ATAMI, SHIZUOKA, 1992-95 * DISPARIȚIE: OBSERVATORUL KIRŌSAN, OCHI-GUN, EHIME, 1991-94 * MINIMALIZARE: UN TEATRU NŌ ÎN PĂDURE, TOMOYA, MIYAGI, 1995-96 * REVELARE: PAVILIONUL JAPONIEI LA BIENALA DE LA VENEŢIA, 1995 * INVERSARE: TEATRUL CHOFU, TOKYO, 1997 * SUBSTITUIRE: PARCUL MEMORIAL ACUSTIC, TAKASAKI, GUMMA, 1997-98 * DESCOMPUNERE ÎN PARTICULE: MUZEUL PIETREI, NASU-CHŌ, TOCHIGI, 1996-2000

When a man is discovered dead by poisoning in his empty home his beautiful wife, Ayane, immediately falls under suspicion. All clues point to Ayane being the logical suspect, but how could she have committed the crime when she was hundreds of miles away? As Tokyo police detective Kusanagi tries to unpick a seemingly unrelated sequence of events he finds himself falling for Ayane. When his judgement becomes dangerously clouded his assistant must call on an old friend for help; it will take a genius to unravel the most spectacular web of deceit they have ever faced...