Kwaidan – Encounters with Lafcadio Hearn

2025

Designed by Oran Day and David Smith at Atelier David Smith

Print and Repro: MM Art Book Printing

Exhibition Concept and Development: Stephen Lawlor, Kate MacDonagh, Ed Miliano

Editor and Project Manager: Paula Kennedy

Categories: Printed Publication / Print / Editorial

Industry: Cultural

Tags: Contemporary art / Typography / Publishing

Kwaidan – Encounters with Lafcadio Hearn was published to accompany an exhibition of prints by 20 Japanese and 20 Irish-based artists consisting of an eclectic array of visual interpretations of Kwaidan, the well-known book of ghost stories published in 1904 by Irish/Japanese author Patrick Lafcadio Hearn (1850–1904), also known as Koizumi Yakumo.

128-page bilingual book (English and Japanese); 200 × 240mm, hardback and softcover editions.