Hymas, Johnny — Tanbo: The Sacred Fields

Tokyo, Japan, NTT Shuppan, 1994. Hardbound. In Japanese. White boards with green lettering on cover andspine, color pictorial dust jacket, 124 color images, 124 bw thumbnails. A lovely book of images of Japanese rice fields. Contains a pictorial index of each color image in bw thumbnails. From the artist's website: With this book Johnny Hymas has changed the way the Japanese feel about their rice fields. Never till now has any photographer focused their attention on a rice field as the subject of beauty. Not only does Hymas show the hidden wonders of these paddies but at the same time teaches the importance and sacredness of these fields which have helped sustain the nation for over 2000 years. VG+ .