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 & water-these are a few images from this remarkable collection of photographs by Michael Kenna whose black-&-white work is highly renowned Forms of Japan brilliantly designed by Yvonne Meyer-Lohr is organised into chapters simply titled Sea Land Trees Spirit & Sky The quietly evocative photographs often paired with classic haiku poems of Basho Buson Issa & others provide a contemplative portrait of a country better-known for its energy & industry Gorgeously reproduced to convey the enormous subtleties that exist in Michael Kenna's traditional black-&-white silver prints the photographs in this book include both well-known & previously unpublished images from all corners of Japan Hokkaido Honshu Kyushu Okinawa & Shikoku