{"product_id":"michael-kenna-forms-of-japan-9783791388267","title":"Michael Kenna: Forms of Japan","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Michael Kenna\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Prestel Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Prestel Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Individual Photographers - Monographs\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNow available in a beautiful new edition, this book presents a meditative, arresting and dazzling collection of 240 black-and-white images of Japan, made over almost 30 years by the internationally renowned photographer Michael Kenna.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA 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. \u003ci\u003eForms of Japan\u003c\/i\u003e, brilliantly designed by Yvonne Meyer-Lohr, is organized 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Kenna's traditional black-and-white silver prints, the photographs in this book include both well-known and previously unpublished images from all corners of Japan: Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, Okinawa and Shikoku.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Prestel Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45029492621463,"sku":"9783791388267","price":4570.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9783791388267.webp?v=1769203997","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/michael-kenna-forms-of-japan-9783791388267","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}