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Kenna’s traditional black-and-white silver prints, the photographs in this book include both well-known and previously unpublished images from all corners of Japan: Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, Okinawa, and Shikoku.

由國際著名攝影師Michael Kenna創作出的《Forms Of Japan》攝影集，展示出240幅於日本拍攝的黑白影像。日本沿海的岩石海岸、雪地上巨大稻田、聳立於迷霧茂林山丘之間的富士山關、了無人煙但充滿靈性的寂靜寺廟、神秘的鳥居門從移動的雲層和水中冒出來……這些都是Michael Kenna捕捉日本既空靈又引人入勝的一面。

《Forms Of Japan》交由Yvonne Meyer-Lohr精心設計，內容分為多個章節，如「海洋」、「土地」、「樹木」、「靈魂」和「天空」。萬籟俱寂且令人回味的黑白影像，配上Matsuo Bashō (松尾芭蕉)、Yosa Buson（与謝蕪村）、Kobayashi Issa (小林一茶)等多位著名日本詩人的經典詩句，讓讀者可以陶醉於一個沉思的氛圍，同時描繪出日本另一個面貌。此書的作品經過細心挑選輯錄成集，展現出Michael Kenna傳統黑白銀鹽作品的迷人妙處，當中更包括了多張重未對外曝光的作品：北海道、本州、九州、沖繩和四國。