Katana, wakizashi and tantō

Just say the word Japan and a flood of images and words come to mind: kimono, samurai, geisha, Zen spirit, karaoke, manga, sushi, Kenzo, Murakami.... they're all part of our universe and part of our daily lives.
In a kaleidoscopic work that interweaves history, geography, tradition and modernity, literature and fashion, Richard Collasse invites us to dust off our preconceived notions and decodes for us the many enigmas of this country. He offers us an intimate view of Japan, where traditions and superstitions still have their rightful place in the 21stᵉ century, in a very subtle balance of the netsukes to kimonos, from shungas landscapes by Hiroshige, from The Empire of Signs à Empire of the sensesfrom Kawabata to Murakami, from Takada Kenzõ to Kyotographie, from tea ceremonies to sushi, from theater to theaters nō à Madame Butterflyfrom Hiroshima to Fukushima, from yakuzas at Love hotels...
This dictionary of love is a work of fragmented memory, as the author, who has lived in Japan for almost half a century, is married to a Japanese woman and speaks perfect Japanese, has spent his entire career there and has naturally blended into the strata of this multiple country.
Release date: November 10, 2021

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