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-and-white 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 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Kenna's traditional black-and-white silver prints， the photographs in this book include both well-known and previously unpublished images from all corners of Japan: Hokkaido， Honshu， Kyushu， Okinawa， and Shikoku。