Full Description
"This book resonates with the sublime and perceptive visions of this city by its very talented contributors. With a few deft strokes of a pen and a meditative use of the camera lens, they capture the heartbeat of the allusive moment nestled within."--Judith Clancy, Exploring Kyoto: On Foot in the Ancient Capital A sensitive response to Kyoto, the ancient capital of Japan. The heart of the book is a dialogue between the poems of Edith Shiffert and over one hundred duotone photographs by John Einarsen. Enriched by essays from garden designer Marc Keane, aesthete Takeda Yoshifumi, and author Diane Durston.
Contents
10 stillness
dennis maloney
10 stillness
john einarsen
13 kyoto waters
marc p. keane
23 the gate and the noh mask
takeda yoshifumi
translation by james heaton
25 the forest within the gate
photographs by john einarsen
poems by edith shiffert
japanese translations by kondo tadashi
and toyoshima mizuho
109 the gate
john einarsen
110 kyoto remembered
diane durston
124 photographs
127 acknowledgements
