The Temples of Kyoto [Hardcover]

Donald Richie (Author), Alexandre Georges (Author)

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Publication Date: October 15, 1995

Take an illustrated tour of the marvellous temples of Kyoto with Donald Richie, "the dean of art critics in Japan."

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About the Author

The author, Donald Richie, internationally known as the foremost Western authority on Japanese film, is also acclaimed for his literary reviews and essays, and has written widely on the culture of the country which has been his home since 1947. Specifically, his novels about Japan have delighted and informed. These include Where Are the Victors?, Companions of the Holdiay, and Tokyo Nights.

The photographer, Alexandre Georges, has had a long and successful career in the arts. As a staff member at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, he met and spent time in the company of Picasso, Matisse, Chagall, and others. He was a friend and colleague of Ansel Adams, with whom he collaborated on a number of shows. In 1976 in honor of the bicentennial of the United States, he was commissioned by the National Academy to provide material on the imporant architecture of the United States in the past 200 years. He is a gold medal recipient of the American Institute of Architects.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 152 pages
• Publisher: Tuttle Publishing; Hardcover with Jacket edition (October 15, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0804820325
• ISBN-13: 978-0804820325
• Product Dimensions: 10.4 x 7.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,598,936 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Its alright, not great, September 9, 2009

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This book is decent, but not great. I visited Kyoto recently and was hoping to get a nice overview of the temples that we had visited. Now understanding that a volume that included ALL temples would not really be realistic as their are so many there,I was hoping that at least the more "famous" ones would be included so as to have a nice memento of our trip. The book itself warns that it is far from a complete resource, and that it really doesnt have a particular theme.Rather, its a collection of random temples that the photographer happened upon in their own visit(s). The photos are decent, but not as stunning or as in-depth as I would have hoped.Same with what is written, the text barely scratching the surface on what each temple is about.

So again, this book isnt necessarily bad,but it left me a little disappointed. I would not recommend this book for the outrageous prices i've seen it listed at.In fact,after reading it im puzzled as to why its demanding such prices on the after-market? If this is the definitive volume in English on the topic, then that is quite sad.