Eikoh Hosoe

Feb 14, 2024 | all-about-photo.com | Yasufumi Nakamori |Donald Keene |Eikoh Hosoe |Shuzo Takiguchi

By Eikoh Hosoe, Donald Keene, Shuzo TakiguchiPublisher : Publisher : Aperture2009 | 112 pagesAn undisputed masterwork among Japanese photobooks, Eikoh Hosoe and Tatsumi Hijikata's "Kamaitachi" was originally released in 1969 as a limited edition of 1,000 copies. Hosoe, the renowned photographer, and Hijikata, the founder of ankoku butoh dance, had visited a farming village in northern Japan, where Hijikata improvised a performance inspired by the legend of a weasel-like demon named Kamaitachi.