Book: The Japanese Bath Time to watch the moon rise over the garden--the aesthetic of the Japanese bath exquisitely captured in photgraphy and text.
In the West, a bath is a place one goes to cleanse the body. In Japan, one goes there to cleanse the soul. Bathing in Japan is about much more than cleanliness: it is about family and community. It is about being alone and contemplative, time to watch the moon rise above the garden. Along with sixty full-color illustrations of the light and airy baths themselves, The Japanese Bath, delves into the aesthetic of bathing Japanese style and the innate beauty of the steps surrounding the process. The authors explain how to create a Japanese bath in your own home. A Zen meditation, the Japanese bath, indeed, cleanses the soul, and one emerges refreshed, renewed, and serene.
Details of Book: The Japanese Bath Book: The Japanese Bath
Author: Bruce Smith, Yoshiko Yamamoto
ISBN: 158685027X
ISBN-13: 9781586850272
, 978-1586850272
Binding: Hardcover
Publishing Date: 2001/04/01
Publisher: Gibbs Smith Publishers
Number of Pages: 96
Language: English