880-02 Kamaitachi / photographs by Eikoh Hosoe ; performance by Tatsumi Hijikata ; introduction by Shuzo Takiguchi ; preface by Donald Keene ; poem by Toyoichiro Miyoshi ; afterword by Eikoh Hosoe ; design by Ikko Tanaka.
Edition:
2009 Aperture trade edition.
Publisher:
Aperture,
Copyright Date:
2009
Description:
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly illustrations ; 34 cm
"Design adapted from the original 1969 edition of Kamaitachi by Ikko Tanaka in 2005, implemented in 2009 by Benedikt Reichenbach"--Colophon. Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:
'Kamaitachi', a classic and groundbreaking body of work, was originally released in 1969 as a limited edition of 1000 copies. The work documents a visit to a farming village in northern Japan that resulted in an improvisational performance inspired by the legend of a weasel-like demon.
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