Zauft, Richard: Enso. Four Haiku for the Seasons Four seasonal haiku by Matsuo Basho, with English translations by Lucien Stryk, letterpress printed with tour dye-printed photographs by Richard Zauft. Four Kanji symbols were drawn by master calligrapher Chihiro in Hiroshima for this book.
They represent, beginning with the first haiku, Spring (Haru), Summer (Natsu), Autumn (Aki), and Winter (Fuyu). Enso, the Zen circle (of life), is brush drawn by Richard Zauft for the frontispiece. The book is soft-bound in a full, double paper wrapper, and is attached to a wooden rod on the spine that allows it to be suspended inside its handmade mahogany slipcase. The slipcase was fabricated by Woodchuck USA. The typetace is Agaki, designed by Neil Summerour in 2007.
The papers are johannot (texts), Ito-Ir (covers), and Gampi black (endsheets). en., jap., letterpress print, dye printed photographs, mahogany slipcase, 24p, 12.1 x 8 inch, Ed. of 30, num., sign., Sudbury (MA), 2023, Richard Zauft Editions Request of availability backnext