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Ama No Mizu, Water of the Sky, Water that Belongs to the Heavens / Rain Dictionary
Design & production of artist book for Miya Ando.
Hardcover with hand dyed indigo linen, 2210 pages, English and Japanese text. Edition of 2.
Printed by Typecraft, Pasadena CA
Handbound by Daniel Kelm, Wide Awake Garage, Easthampton MA
Essays by Roshi Joan Halifax and Lilly Wei
Self published by the artist
Ama No Mizu is an exhibition in a book designed for artist Miya Ando. Through a collection of 2,000 Japanese words, their English interpretations, and 2,000 indigo 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 MIT Press book: "Water of the Sky: A Dictionary of 2000 Japanese Rain Words" available November 4, 2025.