How to Take a Japanese Bath

(Paperback)

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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, contemplatingall an encouragement to readers to slow down, ease into the hot water, and enjoy this timeless ritual of purity and release.

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"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

Author Bio

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.