Taniguchi returns with this delightful tale of a long-forgotten Japan. Join an unnamed protagonist-poet as he wanders the streets of old Tokyo in this endearingly picaresque fable.
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Taniguchi returns with this delightful tale of a long-forgotten Japan. Join an unnamed protagonist-poet as he wanders the streets of old Tokyo in this endearingly picaresque fable.
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Jiro Taniguchi returns with this delightful and insightful tale of life in a Japan long forgotten. Inspired by an historical figure, Tadataka Ino (1745 - 1818), Taniguchi invites us to join this unnamed but appealing and picturesque figure as he strolls through the various districts of Edo, the ancient Tokyo, with its thousand little pleasures. Now retired from business he surveys, measures, draws and takes notes whilst giving free rein to his taste for simple poetry and his inexhaustible capacity for wonder.
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“The pleasures of The Walking Man are principally in the form of Taniguchi's careful compositions, which acheive a contemplative beauty. Like a short walk of the mind, they refresh and provide exercise. -- Andrew D Arnold, Time.com on 'The Walking Man'”
"The pleasures of 'The Walking Man' are principally in the form of Taniguchi's careful compositions, which acheive a contemplative beauty. Like a short walk of the mind, they refresh and provide exercise."
-- Andrew D Arnold, Time.com on 'The Walking Man'
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