Nordic Journey: A Trip to the White Nights

Author: Tōyō Kiyoshi
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Publish Date: 2001-11-01
Features: After compiling this collection of poems, illustrations, and essays titled "The World of Tōyō Kiyoshi," I deeply realized that not only in his paintings and art essays but also in his travel writings—whether about Germany, Austria, or the Nordic countries, or his travelogues of Japan and China—Tōyō's cultural sensibility has become an inherent part of his subconscious, an awareness he has consciously cultivated. It is precisely this profound understanding and affection for traditional culture that has taken root in Tōyō Kiyoshi's heart, becoming the pillar of beauty in his literature and the foundation of beauty in his paintings.