{"product_id":"井澤元一画文集-新版-古都点描","title":"Motoichi Izawa Picture Book \"New Edition: Sketches of Ancient Cities\"","description":"\u003cp\u003eKyoto, the ancient capital of a thousand years. A Western-style painter observed this city, thronged with tourists from around the world, from the Meiji era to the Heisei era. His name was Motoichi Izawa.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIzawa, who apprenticed under Kunitaro Suda, a solitary philosopher who aimed for a true fusion of Eastern and Western traditions in the Japanese Western-style painting world, which was bustling with new waves of art from overseas and eager to evolve, struggled between his civil service job and his artistic career as he searched for his own form of expression. In his 50s, through his friendship with the Japanese literature scholar Donald Keene, he began to paint \"Kyoto's daily life,\" a subject he had previously avoided.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book contains Izawa's depictions of Kyoto's sights and sounds from the late 1970s, including temple and shrine architecture, festivals, and landscapes. As Keene noted, \"Izawa's paintings always contain something that evokes Kyoto,\" this collection features 35 essays and watercolors that reveal the true face of Kyoto, distinct from its glamorous tourist spots, and the charm emanating from the strata of its daily life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith a preface by philosopher Seiichi Washida, this art and essay collection is a must-read for Kyoto fans and those who know Kyoto well. (From the publisher's website)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"余波舎 \/ NAGORO BOOKS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52609479704888,"sku":null,"price":3300.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/6959\/4936\/files\/book-1-29.jpg?v=1783336435","url":"https:\/\/nagorobooks.com\/en\/products\/%e4%ba%95%e6%be%a4%e5%85%83%e4%b8%80%e7%94%bb%e6%96%87%e9%9b%86-%e6%96%b0%e7%89%88-%e5%8f%a4%e9%83%bd%e7%82%b9%e6%8f%8f","provider":"余波舎 \/ NAGORO BOOKS","version":"1.0","type":"link"}