This monograph presents 240 black-and-white photographs made by Michael Kenna across Japan over almost 30 years. Images from Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, Okinawa, and Shikoku depict coastlines, rice fields, Mount Fuji, temples, torii gates, trees, and skies. Organized into the chapters “Sea,” “Land,” “Trees,” “Spirit,” and “Sky,” the photographs are paired with classical haiku by Bashō, Buson, Issa, and others. Yvonne Meyer-Lohr designed the book, whose reproductions reflect the tonal qualities of Kenna’s traditional silver prints.
