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Amaia Arrazola Kymm Coveney

Tokyo Travel Sketchbook

Kawaii Culture Wabi Sabi Design Female Samurais and Oth

Amaia Arrazola,  Kymm Coveney

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Japanese
Tuttle
03 March 2020
Graphic novels: literary & memoirs; Travel & holiday guides; Languages & ESL; Japanese - Cultural Material; Japanese - Travel Guides; Japanese - Languages
"When Arrazola accepts a month long artist's residency in the Japanese capital, she has little idea of what to expect but gamely packs her paints and pencils and seizes the opportunity to create an illustrated diary of her time there, filling the pages of her sketchbooks with curious images of life in the world's largest city.

This book provides readers with a unique vision of Japan's capital, as seen through the eyes of an artist. Arrazola immerses herself in the cult of Hello Kitty and the pop-eyed charms of ""Kawaii"" cute culture, while conveying the collision of traditional and modern Japanese culture in the female Samurais she meets and draws.

The city's cultural curiosities come alive in a metropolis that is ever on the go, as she browses sex shops, drinks pink coffee, eats spaghetti sandwiches and photographs subway sleepers. Throughout her explorations, Arrazola uses the concept of wabi sabi as a guiding principle—coming to see her own life and artworks as examples of ""flawed beauty"" and imperfectly perfect Zen design.

The result is a fresh, often funny, one-of-a-kind look at a city that works hard and plays hard—in many surprising ways. At the heart of Tokyo Travel Sketchbook are two contradictory Japans — the glittering neon world of a high-tech ultramodern society existing side-by-side with a nation where ancient tradition holds sway and where the unadorned, the simple and the silent are prized and celebrated as much as the new, the fashionable and the trendy. These competing realities make for a memorable visual journey and a stunning souvenir of a stranger's brief stay in a strange land. From smoking laws to high-tech toilets, Arrazola finds beauty in the weirdness and imperfection of this modern metropolis."
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Imprint:   Tuttle
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 254mm,  Width: 191mm, 
Weight:   624g
ISBN:   9784805315361
ISBN 10:   4805315369
Pages:   192
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Amaia Arrazola is a Spanish artist who works in a variety of mediums and formats. She began her career in Madrid as an illustrator and art director, eventually leaving office life to become a freelance illustrator in Barcelona. Her wide-ranging artistic endeavors include silkscreening, ceramics, murals, fabric art, sculpture, typography and graphic design. This is her first book, produced during a month long work residency in Tokyo.

Reviews for Tokyo Travel Sketchbook: Kawaii Culture Wabi Sabi Design Female Samurais and Oth

...this will appeal to armchair travelers no matter where they're from. - Booklist


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