A timeless travel-writing classic that inspired the film, with photography by Yoichi Midorikawa.
In this acclaimed travel memoir, Donald Richie paints a memorable portrait of the island-studded Inland Sea. His existential ruminations on food, culture, and love and his brilliant descriptions of life and landscape are a window into an Old Japan that has now nearly vanished.
The book that cemented Donald Richie's reputation as a master of observation. With lucid prose, Richie searches for the heart of Japan among the waters sheltered between Japan's major islands. Included are the twenty black and white photographs by Yoichi Midorikawa that accompanied the original 1971 edition.
- Price: $9.95
- Pages: 288
- Publisher: Stone Bridge Press
- Imprint: Stone Bridge Press
- Publication Date: 28th September 2015
- ISBN: 9781611729160
- Format: eBook
- BISACs:
TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
TRAVEL / Asia / Japan
"An elegiac prose celebration . . . a classic in its genre."
—Publishers Weekly"The Inland Sea still gleams with the freshness of discovery. Years ago it was often called one of the great travel books, and so it seems today."
—The National Post"A welcome reissue of the book Richie published in 1971, which has been celepated as a classic in travel literature."
—Thomas BeVier, Foreword Reviews Winter 2016 Issue
"It is a wonderful reminder of the joys of taking oneself out of one’s usual element, of the comfort of strangers, of drifting without fixed destination, and of those fleetingly satori moments of mindful self-awareness that snatch the solitary traveller."
—Jasper Sharp, All The Anime
"Richie’s book, on its surface a travel account, is a beautiful reflection on all things Japanese by one of the country’s most acute observers. Anyone with an interest in Japan would enjoy this book, and those lucky enough to be on a voyage through the Inland Sea even more so."
—Longitude
"A legendary book in the Japan field. The newest edition by Stone Bridge Press deserves a place of honor on your bookshelf—and in your mind."
—Alexis Agliano Sanborn, JQ Magazine
by Donald Richie
Contents
List of Photographs
The Inland Sea
Map of the Inland Sea
Author’s Note to the Original Edition
Author’s Note to the 2002 Edition
A timeless travel-writing classic that inspired the film, with photography by Yoichi Midorikawa.
In this acclaimed travel memoir, Donald Richie paints a memorable portrait of the island-studded Inland Sea. His existential ruminations on food, culture, and love and his brilliant descriptions of life and landscape are a window into an Old Japan that has now nearly vanished.
The book that cemented Donald Richie's reputation as a master of observation. With lucid prose, Richie searches for the heart of Japan among the waters sheltered between Japan's major islands. Included are the twenty black and white photographs by Yoichi Midorikawa that accompanied the original 1971 edition.
- Price: $9.95
- Pages: 288
- Publisher: Stone Bridge Press
- Imprint: Stone Bridge Press
- Publication Date: 28th September 2015
- ISBN: 9781611729160
- Format: eBook
- BISACs:
TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
TRAVEL / Asia / Japan
"An elegiac prose celebration . . . a classic in its genre."
—Publishers Weekly"The Inland Sea still gleams with the freshness of discovery. Years ago it was often called one of the great travel books, and so it seems today."
—The National Post"A welcome reissue of the book Richie published in 1971, which has been celepated as a classic in travel literature."
—Thomas BeVier, Foreword Reviews Winter 2016 Issue
"It is a wonderful reminder of the joys of taking oneself out of one’s usual element, of the comfort of strangers, of drifting without fixed destination, and of those fleetingly satori moments of mindful self-awareness that snatch the solitary traveller."
—Jasper Sharp, All The Anime
"Richie’s book, on its surface a travel account, is a beautiful reflection on all things Japanese by one of the country’s most acute observers. Anyone with an interest in Japan would enjoy this book, and those lucky enough to be on a voyage through the Inland Sea even more so."
—Longitude
"A legendary book in the Japan field. The newest edition by Stone Bridge Press deserves a place of honor on your bookshelf—and in your mind."
—Alexis Agliano Sanborn, JQ Magazine
by Donald Richie
Contents
List of Photographs
The Inland Sea
Map of the Inland Sea
Author’s Note to the Original Edition
Author’s Note to the 2002 Edition