Beyond East and West: Okakura Kakuzō and “The Book of Tea” 　

A first edition of The Book of Tea, published by Fox Duffield in 1906. (Photo courtesy of Ibaraki University.)

Yokoyama Taikan, “Two Dragons Fighting Over a Precious Jewel,” monochrome ink on silk, 1905. The painting imagines the pine trees as two dragons and the moon as a jewel. (Photo courtesy of the Yokoyama Taiken Memorial Hall.)

The Rokkakudō, which Okakura built on the Izura coastline of northern Ibaraki Prefecture in 1905 as a place for retreat and reflection. The building was swept away in the Tōhoku tsunami of March 11, 2011, but was rebuilt in 2012. (Photo courtesy of Ibaraki University)

Rabindranath Tagore. (Photo courtesy of Ibaraki University)

The libretto for the White Fox, completed in Boston in 1913. (Photo courtesy of Ibaraki University)