This beautiful book presents a meditative, arresting, and dazzling collection of 250 blackand-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<br>fields in the snow; Mount Fuji towering over misty wooded hills;<br>silent temples devoid of people but brimming with Buddhist<br>deities; a Torii gate mysteriously emerging from moving clouds<br>and water--these are a few images from this remarkable<br>collection of photographs by Michael Kenna, whose black-andwhite<br>work is highly renowned. Forms of Japan, brilliantly designed by Yvonne Meyer-Lohr, is<br>organized into chapters simply titled, &quot;Sea,&quot; &quot;Land,&quot; &quot;Trees,&quot;<br>&quot;Spirit,&quot; and &quot;Sky.&quot; The quietly evocative photographs, often<br>paired with classic haiku poems of Basho, Buson, Issa, and<br>others, provide a contemplative portrait of a country betterknown<br>for its energy and industry. Gorgeously reproduced to<br>convey the enormous subtleties that exist in Michael Kenna's<br>traditional black-and-white silver prints, the photographs in<br>this book include both well-known and previously unpublished<br>images from all corners of Japan: Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu,<br>Okinawa, and Shikoku.