Maha Harada's 'Maha Harada Goes to Meet Art Masters' (Shincho Bunko), a Dialogue Collection Full of 'Golden Words' Guiding the Voyage of Life, Goes on Sale March 30!
Maha Harada's interview collection featuring dialogues with 33 modern masters of art, architecture, and culture will be released as a paperback by Shincho Bunko on March 30, 2026.
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The paperback edition of Maha Harada's popular interview series 'Maha Harada Goes to Meet Art Masters,' which ran in 'Geijutsu Shincho,' was published by Shincho Bunko on March 30, 2026.
'I want to meet that person I admire. I want to meet them and hear their stories. That desire gave me wings, and I flew off to meet the masters. Every dialogue illuminated my path. I believe that reading this book will undoubtedly illuminate your path as well.' (From the afterword)
I want to meet that person. I want to meet them and hear what they have to say. Picasso, Van Gogh, Monet, Rousseau... Maha Harada, the master of art novels who has depicted the lives of numerous artists who left their names in history, goes out to meet and talk with 33 modern masters of art, including Shuntaro Tanikawa, Keiko Takemiya, Tadao Ando, and Yoji Yamada. Art, architecture, poetry, manga, photography, film... The 'golden words' spun by the pioneers who have mastered their respective paths will serve as lighthouse beams guiding the voyage of your life. A deeply meaningful, gem-like collection of dialogues.
[The 33 Masters of Art]
*Titles are as of the time of the interviews.
Yoshiharu Fukuhara (Honorary Chairman, Shiseido / Director, Tokyo Photographic Art Museum)
Kazuko Koike (Creative Director)
Miyako Ishiuchi (Photographer)
Akiko Mabuchi (Director, National Museum of Western Art)
Emmanuel Prat (Director, LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton Japan)
Pierre Chen (Chairman, Yageo Foundation)
Kenichiro Ohara (Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Ohara Museum of Art)
Keiko Takemiya (Manga Artist / President, Kyoto Seika University)
Akihiro Miwa (Singer-Songwriter / Actor / Director)
Shigeru Kashima (Scholar of French Literature)
Fumihiko Maki (Architect)
Donald Keene (Scholar of Japanese Literature and Culture / Literary Critic)
Yutaka Mino (Director, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art)
Riyoko Ikeda (Manga Artist / Vocalist)
Kimiko Reizei (25th Head of the Reizei Family, Wife of Tamehito / Managing Director and Secretary General, Reizei Family Shiguretei Bunko)
Hikonobu Ise (Representative Director, Ise Cultural Foundation)
Richard Collasse (President and Representative Director, Chanel K.K. / Novelist)
Johei Sasaki (Director, Kyoto National Museum)
Satoshi Suzuki (President and Representative Director, Pola Orbis Holdings / Chairman, Pola Art Foundation)
Terunobu Fujimori (Architectural Historian / Architect)
Soichiro Fukutake (Honorary Adviser, Benesse Holdings / Chairman, Fukutake Foundation)
Yoji Yamada (Film Director)
Yutaka Oda (Director, Rokkatei Food Culture Research Institute)
Fuzjko Hemming (Pianist)
Shuji Takashina (Director, Ohara Museum of Art / Chairman, Foundation for Western Art)
'I want to meet that person I admire. I want to meet them and hear their stories. That desire gave me wings, and I flew off to meet the masters. Every dialogue illuminated my path. I believe that reading this book will undoubtedly illuminate your path as well.' (From the afterword)
I want to meet that person. I want to meet them and hear what they have to say. Picasso, Van Gogh, Monet, Rousseau... Maha Harada, the master of art novels who has depicted the lives of numerous artists who left their names in history, goes out to meet and talk with 33 modern masters of art, including Shuntaro Tanikawa, Keiko Takemiya, Tadao Ando, and Yoji Yamada. Art, architecture, poetry, manga, photography, film... The 'golden words' spun by the pioneers who have mastered their respective paths will serve as lighthouse beams guiding the voyage of your life. A deeply meaningful, gem-like collection of dialogues.
[The 33 Masters of Art]
*Titles are as of the time of the interviews.
Yoshiharu Fukuhara (Honorary Chairman, Shiseido / Director, Tokyo Photographic Art Museum)
Kazuko Koike (Creative Director)
Miyako Ishiuchi (Photographer)
Akiko Mabuchi (Director, National Museum of Western Art)
Emmanuel Prat (Director, LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton Japan)
Pierre Chen (Chairman, Yageo Foundation)
Kenichiro Ohara (Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Ohara Museum of Art)
Keiko Takemiya (Manga Artist / President, Kyoto Seika University)
Akihiro Miwa (Singer-Songwriter / Actor / Director)
Shigeru Kashima (Scholar of French Literature)
Fumihiko Maki (Architect)
Donald Keene (Scholar of Japanese Literature and Culture / Literary Critic)
Yutaka Mino (Director, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art)
Riyoko Ikeda (Manga Artist / Vocalist)
Kimiko Reizei (25th Head of the Reizei Family, Wife of Tamehito / Managing Director and Secretary General, Reizei Family Shiguretei Bunko)
Hikonobu Ise (Representative Director, Ise Cultural Foundation)
Richard Collasse (President and Representative Director, Chanel K.K. / Novelist)
Johei Sasaki (Director, Kyoto National Museum)
Satoshi Suzuki (President and Representative Director, Pola Orbis Holdings / Chairman, Pola Art Foundation)
Terunobu Fujimori (Architectural Historian / Architect)
Soichiro Fukutake (Honorary Adviser, Benesse Holdings / Chairman, Fukutake Foundation)
Yoji Yamada (Film Director)
Yutaka Oda (Director, Rokkatei Food Culture Research Institute)
Fuzjko Hemming (Pianist)
Shuji Takashina (Director, Ohara Museum of Art / Chairman, Foundation for Western Art)