A Flight of Butterflies

by Kanzaka Sekka

Unfolds to become a 31-foot-long tapestry evoking the grace, movement, color, and delicacy of butterflies, which the Japanese artist used as symbols for the brightly clad dancing girls of his dream

Genres: Art, Nonfiction

60 pages, Hardcover

First published November 1, 1979

Reviews

[Kat · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lovely accordian style book of butterflies - count them! This book is meant to be read from the back to the front like other Japanese books and is so beautiful. Even the endpapers are exquisite. Each page is a delight in colors from blue to yellow to white to rainbow. Unusual binding and presentation.

[Henry · Rating 5 out of 5]

The most wondrous book I have ever seen.

[Jane · Rating 4 out of 5]

Beautiful color Japanese woodblock prints. Accordion-style book in case.

[Cecilie · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a beautifully crafted art book with many colourful butterfly woodcut prints. Its binding is also very interesting, more like a paper accordion without a spine than a book. Plus, the short introduction - the recounting of a dream in which butterflies appear as dancing women - is quite sweet.