Chronicles of Japan: from Takeshi Kitano to Tatsuhiko Shibusawa

About This Novel

This set contains 5 volumes: 1. "Back to Basics": I want to fall in love like this, even if it only happens once in my life. The "ultimate love" realized by Takeshi Kitano, who is over seventy years old. A classic novel that depicts the rare pure relationship between men and women today and explores what "loving someone" means. 2. "Seeing Japan in One Picture": The founder and soul of Ghibli, a top figure in the Japanese animation industry, the master of animation films that influenced Hayao Miyazaki, the director and screenwriter of classic animations such as "Grave of the Fireflies", "Fairy Tale of the Years", "Heisei Tanuki Battle" and "The Tale of Princess Kaguya". Isao Takahata is an animation master and an art fanatic. During his 56-year career as an animation director, he visited art museums around the world, drawing creative inspiration from art and achieving a discerning eye. 3. "Natural History of Fantasy": Tatsuhiko Shibusawa, the master of dark aesthetics in Japan, uses Pliny's "Natural History" as the entry point, and selects labyrinths and sundials, Ethiopian monsters, sex and the diaphragm, Aplysia and the sea Twenty-two themes such as animals and miracles in the world, with its unique quotations and witty remarks, not only vividly present Pliny and his philosophy of life, but also bring us into a strange world where it is difficult to distinguish between true and false, and weird and imaginary. When it's hot, it's hot; when it's cold, it's cold. 4. "One Hundred and Eighty Years of Seigangkoro": Although it is a metal, the reaction of tin can exude the smell of life... Seibokoro is the only time-honored tinware workshop in Japan that has been in existence for 180 years. On the occasion of the 180th anniversary of the founding of the company, we review the history of the Qing Dynasty Classroom, convey the charm of metal craftsmanship, and also record the technology and knowledge of metal craftsmanship and the thoughts and ideas of today's craftsmen. 5. "Those Days When You Gradually Fall in Love with People" is a collection of classic video and text works by the Japanese portrait photographer Hiroo Onami. On a sunny day, he went to Asakusa with his camera and struck up conversations with strangers. He likes to take pictures of them under the red walls of Sensoji Temple. I have persisted in this way for more than 40 years and captured portraits of nearly a thousand people to record the changes of this era. On a rainy day, while working at home, he explored the stories about his hometown and journey in his memory. He feels the visible and invisible things with the eyes of a photographer, captures the tiny eternity hidden in daily life, and reflects on the scenery reflected in his heart.

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