Yusaku Kamekura: His Works

Of Yusaku Kamekura, Herbert Bayer wrote (in the preface): “It is refreshing and reassuring to know of an artist who is totally dedicated to his time. I have not met many contemporaries, men of today, who combine both, a total dedication to a profession of the 20th century and the enjoyment of a life engaged in its issues. Japan’s esthetics and craftsmanship seem to be present in Yusaku Kamekura as in any tradition-bound exponent of those talented people, but he impresses me with his all out orientation towards today and the future rather than towards the past. He strikes me as being alive and alert, a powerhouse of energies, given to sport and physical fitness, transcending involvement in activities which deal with the problems of the day.” And he goes on. But we’ll stop here. The work is good and interesting, familiar and unknown. And the book itself is a beauty from the library of Toshi Katayama after he apparently took it from the Carpenter Center at Harvard, hence the stamp on the title page.