Itsuo Kiritani's Cities

“The landscape is seldom neutral. We shape cities and they shape us.”

AN EXPLORATION OF THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT through the eyes of a talented international artist. The only compilation of all Kiritani’s major “City Paintings” PRAISE FOR THE ARTIST’S WORK “Kiritani is after the soul of a place, and usually he gets it.” Janet Koplos, Art in America, 2001

Commenting on Kiritani’s lithography:
It is a real credit to his diligence, concentration and persistence...such outstanding work.
John Brennan, Instructor,
School of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, 1985

“I believe that if Kiritani continues to...paint with his characteristic energy, he will be counted among the truly distinctive artists in Japan and even in the United States.
The bold steadiness and optimism for life...should be placed at the base of the spirit of our future world.”
Sadajiro Kubo, well-known Japanese Art Critic, 1989

379 pages.