@inbook{10.2307/j.ctt13x1kn2.11, ISBN = {9780824839635}, URL = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt13x1kn2.11}, abstract = {In this chapter, I discuss the religious dimensions of the introduction of tea to Japan from China. In particular, I focus on the complex religious and cultural associations with tea found inKissa yōjōki(Drinking Tea for Nourishing Life) by the Japanese monk Eisai (1141–1215).¹ Although it may seem strange to devote so much attention to a text by a Japanese Buddhist monk as part of a book about tea in China, there is much to be gained by approaching this important source from a continental perspective. First, because Eisai spent a considerable period of time in China, his}, bookauthor = {James A. Benn}, booktitle = {Tea in China: A Religious and Cultural History}, pages = {145--171}, publisher = {University of Hawai'i Press}, title = {Tea Comes to Japan: Eisai’s Kissa yōjōki}, year = {2015} }