Forms of Japan
By: Michael Kenna, Yvonne Meyer-Lohr
Contributors: Meyer-Lohr, Yvonne, author
Publisher: Prestel
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 303
ISBN-13: 9783791381626
Subjects: In art; Black-and-white photography; Artistic Photography; Pictorial works; Landscape photography
Description: A rocky coast along the sea of Japan; an immense plain of rice fields in the snow; Mount Fuji towering over misty wooded hills; silent temples devoid of people but brimming with Buddhist deities; a Torii gate mysteriously emerging from moving clouds and water-these are a few images from this remarkable collection of photographs by Michael Kenna, whose black-and-white work is highly renowned. Forms of Japan, brilliantly designed by Yvonne Meyer-Lohr, is organised into chapters simply titled, Sea, Land, Trees, Spirit, and Sky. The quietly evocative photographs, often paired with classic haiku poems of Basho, Buson, Issa and others, provide a contemplative portrait of a country better-known for its energy and industry. Gorgeously reproduced to convey the enormous subtleties that exist in Michael Kenna's traditional black-and-white silver prints, the photographs in this book include both well-known and previously unpublished images from all corners of Japan: Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, Okinawa and Shikoku.
Notes: Includes Haiku poetry.

Includes bibliographical references.