My 10 favourite Japanese books

Submitted by kenji on Wed, 02/02/2005 - 12:48
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  • -Sei Shonagon: Pillow Book
  • -Shono: Evening Clouds
  • -Kawabata: Snow Country
  • -Miyazawa: Tales (eg collection of short stories-"Once and Forever")
  • -Mishima: the Sound of Waves
  • -Kawabata: Beauty and Sadness
  • -Anno: Anno's Journey
  • -Hiroshige: 100 Famous Views of Edo (George Braziller, Henry D Smith II, Amy Poster)*
  • -Hiroshige's Journey in the 60 Odd Provinces (Marije Jansen)*
  • -Hokusai (Gian Carlo Calza)*
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Asterisks denote my favourite Japanese art books, with the specific authors best representing the artists Hiroshige and Hokusai.

The Anno book is an imaginative (illustrated, wordless) cultural journey in Europe.