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"Japan Style" is an attempt to re-present Japanese culture in an international context. Published in conjunction with the 1980 exhibition of the same name, organized by the Victoria & Albert Museum and the Japan Foundation, this book offers a comprehensive reinterpretation of Japanese aesthetics, spanning crafts, architecture, lifestyles, and visual culture. Art director Ikko Tanaka presented Japanese culture as a universal design language, avoiding excessive ornamentation or exoticism, and emphasizing structure, form, and white space. The photographs and illustrations are arranged within an overall rhythm, rather than being relegated to individual artworks, quietly highlighting the continuity and multi-layered nature of Japanese culture. Reflecting the historical context of Japan's rapid economic growth, in which it was reconstructing itself while facing external gazes, this book is both an exhibition catalog and an important document that conveys the process by which "Japan Style" was established in the international community around 1980. English edition. Softcover.