This beautiful 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. 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-andwhite
work is highly renowned. Forms of Japan, 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 betterknown
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this book include both well-known and previously unpublished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,