by Donald Richie · Kodansha USA · tapa blanda · ISBN 9784770017987
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«Introducing Tokyo» is the photographic book by Donald Richie with photographs by Ben Simmons, published by Kodansha USA in paperback (80 pages, in English).
A visual tour of Tokyo with over a hundred photographs by Ben Simmons and texts by Donald Richie. It shows the contrasts of the Japanese capital: the skyscrapers of Shinjuku, the calm of the Imperial Palace, the areas of Ginza and Harajuku, and the traditional shitamachi districts. Technology, trends and tradition coexist.
The first edition dates from 1987; this paperback edition was published in 1994 and consists of 80 pages in English.
Recommended for travellers seeking a visual souvenir of Tokyo and for enthusiasts of photography and Japanese culture.
Donald Richie was an American author, journalist, and film critic. He was known for writing about the Japanese people, the culture of Japan, and especially Japanese cinema. Although he considered himself primarily a film historian, Richie also directed a number of experimental films, the first when he was 17. He was awarded the Japanese Order of the Rising Sun in 2005.
