A public bath house in Japan is called Sento and is usually a hidden, intimate place. Japanese people don't go there to swim but to wash and to clean themselves and to relax. Aside from this personal aspect bathing in Japan has a highly spiritual meaning. With an essay by Rita Zobel and a conversation with Peter Bialobrzeski 96 pages, 40 duotone illustrations, stitch-bound, with open spine German / English / Japanese
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Seller: Amsterdam Book Company, Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands
Hardcover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. 96pp., 21.5x27.5cm. German/Japanese/English text. With 38 b/w photographs by Julia Baier. Document on Japanese (public) bath-houses, Sento. Seller Inventory # Jap-Large-17
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Seller: BUCHSERVICE / ANTIQUARIAT Lars Lutzer, Wahlstedt, Germany
Condition: gut. Sento In deutscher Sprache. pages. Seller Inventory # BN293459