{"product_id":"9782365110280","title":"Yuriko Takagi: SEI","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis lusciously produced volume examines the multiple meanings deriving from a single word, also exploring how seemingly similar images can be perceived so differently as a result of our personal associations. ‘Sei’ is a Japanese word which, although always pronounced the same, can be represented by no less than 28 kanji characters with a diverse host of meanings: star, voice, blue, sex, energy, death, betrayal, peace of mind, purity. Here, the photographer Yuriko Takagi opens up this semantic cacophony, in depictions of 28 flower buds, each of which is associated with a separate kanji character. Streaked, folded petals, downy pistils, silken stamens, woolly aigrettes: are these flowers, sexual organs, bits of creased taffeta, or puffed-up tissue paper? Takagi’s images are as polymorphic as the kanji that inspired them.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Editions Xavier Barral","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47051579162864,"sku":"9782365110280","price":60.63,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9782365110280_p0.jpg?v=1763692890","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9782365110280","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}