The imperial villa of Katsura remains the very image of refinement: the ideal place, it is said, from which to contemplate the moon.

The mystery surrounding Katsura has, like its reinterpretation by 20th-century modernist architects, given rise to a number of misunderstandings. Only the talent and sensitivity of Philippe Bonnin could shed light on these mysteries and reveal, for readers, the truth behind a legendary work.