{"product_id":"scenes-from-japan-chiba-sapporo-and-masuda","title":"Scenes from Japan: Chiba, Sapporo, and Masuda","description":"\u003cp\u003eA journey in ink and watercolor from Hokkaido in the north to Shimane in the west.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eScenes from Japan: Chiba, Sapporo, and Masuda\u003c\/i\u003e, the second of three volumes in the series, artist Kendric Tonn documents a painting trip through Japan. Inspired by 20th-century Japanese printmakers like Kawase Hasui and Yoshida Hiroshi, Tonn set out on a ten-week journey through three cities to engage directly with Japan as a subject by drawing and painting on-location.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe result is a collection of over two dozen mixed-media watercolor paintings accompanied by short essays. The pieces cover a range of subjects, from island shrines and stone lanterns to urban nocturnes and distant cityscapes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith a preface by the artist and an introduction by twenty-year Tokyo salariman Patrick McKenzie, as well as a section on composition and process, \u003ci\u003eScenes from Japan\u003c\/i\u003e is a record of travel and artistic practice. It will appear to those with an interest in Japanese aesthetics, plein air painters, and anyone interested in how place becomes image.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kendric Tonn","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":52814228128061,"sku":"9798990592223","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0477\/8731\/1254\/files\/9798990592223ita.jpg?v=1786379047","url":"https:\/\/itascabooks.com\/products\/scenes-from-japan-chiba-sapporo-and-masuda","provider":"Itasca Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}