This book is a hard to find first edition from 1970. The cover clearly shows some wear but the 290 content pages and photographs are in excellent condition.

Imperial gardens of Japan: Sento Gosho, Katsura, Shugaku-in,

Iwamiya, Takeji

Itoh, Teiji

Walker/Weatherhill

Untranslatable, the word katachi signifies the essence of Japanese design—the form, symmetry, and workmanship of traditional craft. Embodying the marriage of beauty and functionality that is the key to the Japanese aesthetic, the objects presented in Katachi are made of materials that have played an important role in Japanese life for centuries: wood, bamboo, stone, fiber, metal, earth. The photographs, in black-and-white and color, showcase pieces ranging from exquisite geometric stone carvings and architecturally elegant shoji screens to such humble yet perfectly conceived objects as combs, sandals, rakes, and teapots. Twenty years in the making, photographer Takeji Iwamiya's masterwork is a lovingly rendered tribute to these objects and the culture they sprang from. Japanese concepts of shape and form have been a major influence on contemporary design throughout the world, and this eloquent collection will appeal to designers as much as to connoisseurs of Japanese art and culture.

Katachi: Classical Japanese Design

Arts & Photography

History & Criticism

Chronicle Books+

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