Description
Since its first publication in 1992, this book has become a curious classic, taking a simple (yet often incorrectly performed) activity and depicting it with a graphic, manga-style edge. In twelve drawings a young Japanese man is shown preparing, rinsing, soaking, communing, relaxing, contemplating-all an encouragement to readers to slow down, ease into the hot water, and enjoy this timeless ritual of purity and release.
Galleys/e-galleys sent to national media outlets, trade publications and audience-focused websites and reviewers. (The Japan Times, Foreword, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, School Library Journal, Longitude, Kyoto Journal, Japan Today, Nippon, Tofugu, Rocketnews, Anime News Network, Crunchyroll, Kotaku, GaijinPot ) Special outreach for coverage on travel to Japan as well as manga and anime such as Crunchyroll and Kotaku. Edelweiss digital review copies to the trade Social Media campaign focused on excerpts of images from the book
About the Author
Reviews
Book Information
ISBN 9781611720495
Author Leonard Koren
Format Paperback
Page Count 40
Imprint Stone Bridge Press
Publisher Stone Bridge Press
About the Author
Leonard Koren was founder and publisher of WET: the Magazine of Gourmet Bathing in Los Angeles and author of the classic work on bathing, Undesigning the Bath. He is also author of the influential work on Japanese aesthetics Wabi-Sabi.
Illustrator Suehiro Maruo (b. 1956) is an internationally recognized Japanese manga artist, illustrator, and painter, distinguished by his bold lines and graphic imagery.
Reviews
"Guaranteed to rinse away all your doubts and fears."--Look Japan
"This book is a physical work of art--as it should be, because the Japanese bath is an aesthetic event."--Whole Earth Review
Book Information
ISBN 9781611720495
Author Leonard Koren
Format Paperback
Page Count 40
Imprint Stone Bridge Press
Publisher Stone Bridge Press
