I have read several novels Inoue and there are two kinds, I seem. Inoue excels as much in the historic frescoes in the subtle narratives are feelings that seem strange to us, Westerners. With "Tea Master", we are in the second category. The student of a great tea master (greatest?) Seeks to know the reasons that led it to commit suicide. Yet, history is there too. Because in the "investigation" shows the relationship between the tea master and Hideyoshi (the potentate of the time) and therefore, deep and sometimes conflicting relations between Zen and samurai. Does-a tea master wanted to give a lesson to the warrior (suicide admonition)? Or should we see reasons related to the art of tea?
