{"product_id":"water-of-the-sky-a-dictionary-of-2-000-japanese-rain-words-hardcover","title":"Water of the Sky: A Dictionary of 2,000 Japanese Rain Words - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMiya Ando\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eHollis Goodall\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by), \u003cb\u003eJoan Halifax\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA breathtakingly elegant visual dictionary of 2000 Japanese words for rain, with 100 drawings in indigo.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eWater of the Sky\u003c\/i\u003e, artist Miya Ando offers us a beautifully rich, bilingual visual dictionary for rain. Through a collection of 2,000 Japanese words, their English interpretations, and 100 drawings, Ando describes the breadth and diversity of rain's many expressions: when it falls, how it falls, and how its observer might be transformed physically or emotionally by its presence. The words range from prosaic to esoteric, extending from the meteorological (\u003ci\u003emukaame, \u003c\/i\u003eor \"very fine rain that falls in spring\"\u003ci\u003e)\u003c\/i\u003e to the mystical (\u003ci\u003ebunryūu, \u003c\/i\u003eor \"rain that splits a dragon's body in half\u003ci\u003e\"\u003c\/i\u003e) and from the minute (\u003ci\u003ekisame, \u003c\/i\u003eor \"raindrops that fall off the leaves and branches of trees\") to the vast (\u003ci\u003etakuu\u003c\/i\u003e, or \"blessed rain that quenches all things in the universe\"). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAndo's visual interpretations of these terms are not so much illustrations as evocations, attempts to embody or imagine each rain's precise and essential quality. The book presents 100 of these 2,000 drawings of rain accompanied by the full index of 2,000 Japanese words and their approximate English equivalents, presented alphabetically using a hybrid Japanese-English alphabetization rubric.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMiya Ando is a Japanese and American artist. Her work examines the dialectic coexistence of Eastern and Western cultures through the lens of natural phenomena and is included in many private and public collections, including that of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 280\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.1 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 04, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44996312236134,"sku":"9780262049863","price":43.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/SLo5E0gdS-9780262049863.webp?v=1773139720","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/water-of-the-sky-a-dictionary-of-2-000-japanese-rain-words-hardcover","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}