Publisher/Abrams

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"Design and Craftsmanship of Japan" by Japanese photographer Takeji Iwamiya. Born in Yonago City, Tottori Prefecture, Takeji Iwamiya has a unique background as a professional baseball player who belonged to the former Nankai Hawks. After leaving the group due to his poor physical condition, he became interested in photography, and after joining the Tanpei Photo Club at the age of 24, he studied photography with Yasui Nakaharu. Opened a photo shop in Kobe at the age of 26, and since then worked as a freelancer, has taught at Osaka University of Arts since the mid-1960s and has been working on teaching younger students. Is also a photographer who worked hard. Iwamiya's masterpiece is the "Katachi-" series that depicts the functional and traditional beauty of Japan. Through buildings such as shrines and temples, and daily life tools such as kimono, the beauty that history plays, the beauty that functions exert, the beauty that shapes bring (formation), the beauty that colors represent, etc. I continued to describe the beauty. This book is a collection of works published in the United States in 1964 and has a large volume of 186 pages that introduces the above-mentioned charm by chapters such as "Stone", "Metal", "Fibers and Fabrics", and "Bamboo". Layout by Yoshio Hayakawa.