Japan: A Love Story by Michael Kenna | Tortoise General Store
Japan: A Love Story by Michael Kenna | Tortoise General Store
Japan: A Love Story by Michael Kenna | Tortoise General Store
Japan: A Love Story by Michael Kenna | Tortoise General Store
Japan: A Love Story by Michael Kenna | Tortoise General Store
Japan: A Love Story by Michael Kenna | Tortoise General Store

Japan / A Love Story by Michael Kenna

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“Japan has a long and rich tradition of reciprocal gift giving. I have been the grateful recipient of so much over so many years in Japan, and I know that I will never be able to give back in equal measure. I hope this work can be seen as a small token of my desire to do so. I also hope this work can be viewed as a homage to Japan and that it will serve to symbolize my immense ongoing appreciation and deep gratitude for this beautiful and mysterious country.” — From the Afterword by Michael Kenna

Description:
Published by Nazraeli Press, this title coincides with a major 2024 traveling exhibition in Tokyo, Los Angeles and London. Included are 100 of Michael Kenna’s most iconic photographs of the Japanese landscape, with many published for the first time. A perfect pairing of artist and subject, these photographs of Japan comprise perhaps Kenna’s best known body of work and have been the subject of countless exhibitions throughout the world. Michael Kenna first visited Japan in 1987 on the event of his inaugural exhibition there, and he has returned dozens of times and made thousands of photographs throughout the country’s vast and incredibly varied landscape. 

Earlier monographs by Nazraeli Press, Japan and Hokkaido, have been out of print for many years, so we are thrilled to share this important new publication that features work spanning Kenna’s decades-long love affair with the country. It opens with an essay in Japanese and English by the renowned critic and historian Kohtaro Iizawa. 

Measurements:
12-7/8" x 10-1/8" x 7/8"

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Materials:
Hardcover
Printed in duotone on natural coated art paper and quarter bound in linen and silk

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