by Wenceslau de Moraes · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9789726994008
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«O Culto do Chá» is Wenceslau de Moraes's essay on the tea ritual, published by Vega in paperback (46 pages, in Portuguese).
Wenceslau de Moraes, Portuguese consul in Japan, explores his fascination with the East and, above all, with the tea ceremony, described as a tradition of refinement and solemnity. The book brings the reader closer to Japanese aesthetics and customs through a rite that endures to this day.
It belongs to the collection «Clássicos da Literatura Portuguesa»; third edition published in Lisbon with a foreword by Armando Martins Janeira.
Those interested in Japanese culture, the tea ceremony, and the literature of European travelers and diplomats in Asia.
Wenceslau José de Souza de Moraes, in modern orthography Venceslau José de Sousa de Morais, was a Portuguese writer whose works were steeped in orientalism and exoticism, particularly the culture of Japan. He has been compared to Lafcadio Hearn, a contemporary who settled in Japan but wrote in English. A translator of Haiku, his verse was also influenced by Symbolism.
