Julia Baier: Sento - Hardcover

Zobel, Rita

 
9783980967761: Julia Baier: Sento

Synopsis

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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